# Incident 19830426020959I: Boeing 737210C, Anchorage, AK, April 26, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1983, 15:36 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WAAA
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4906, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4906-1990-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-210C (registry code 1384459, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737210C
- People aboard: 44
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830426020959I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TOWER REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM NOSE GEAR AREA. RETURNED TO RAMP. FOUND RUPTURED HYDRAULIC LINE. SMOKE WAS MIST.

## Other reports on N4906 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860409022659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860409022659I), Apr 9, 1986: Boeing 737210C (N4906), Honolulu, HI. Cabin pressurization climbed uncontrollably during descent. Safe landing. Controller was replaced.
- [Incident 19841207071029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841207071029I), Dec 7, 1984: Boeing 737210C (N4906), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. While being marshalled by ground personnel wingtip struck jetway. Leading edge slat dented.
- [Incident 19780621047089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780621047089I), Jun 21, 1978: Boeing 737/ (N4906), Whitehorse, CN, Minor damage. Broken parts of APU exducer blades dented the heat shield, causing the APU fire warning to come on.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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