# Incident 19860918073649I: Boeing 737291, Rapid City, SD, September 18, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1986, 19:39 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N986UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N986UA-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-291 (registry code 138448W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737291
- People aboard: 60
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,802 total, 1,943 in this make and model, 214 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860918073649I

## Narrative

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

DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND LACK OF RAMP LIGHTING, AIRCRAFT TAXIED ONTO MEDIAN. GRAVEL BROKE WINDOWS DURING POWEROUT

## Other reports on N986UA (2)

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

- [Incident 19971119038889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971119038889I), Nov 19, 1997: Boeing 737291 (N986UA), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: united air lines flight #501 departed mci en-route to den November 19, 1997, approximately 09:46 am. During climb-out the aft cargo hatch…
- [Incident 19920708029239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920708029239I), Jul 8, 1992: Boeing 737291 (N986UA), Des Moines, IA. Unsafe gear light on final,did a tower flyby. Visually checked down. Landed safely. Replaced down lock sensor.

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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