# Incident 19870129005199I: Boeing 737210C, Mcgrath, AK, January 29, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1987, 18:40 local time
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 62.9564° N, 155.5958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McGrath, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9564&lon=-155.5958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N743AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N743AS-2005-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-210C (registry code 1384459, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737210C
- People aboard: 21
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870129005199I

## Narrative

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

RETURN SEEN ON WEATHER RADAR AT FL350 NOT IDENTIFIED AS TRAFFIC BY ATS. RETURN UNIDENTIFIABLE.

## Other reports on N743AS (3)

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

- [Incident 20000216003269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000216003269I), Feb 16, 2000: Boeing 737210C (N743AS), Kotzebue, AK. At top of descent, a vibration was felt and determined to be from number one engine. Over station number one engine oil quantity was noted at zero and low oil…
- [Incident 19870210007239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870210007239I), Feb 10, 1987: Boeing 737210C (N743AS), Biorka, AK, Minor damage. Number 2 csd failed. Fire in APU during attempted start. Discharged fire bottle and diverted.
- [Incident 19861227075999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861227075999I), Dec 27, 1986: Boeing 737210C (N743AS), Sitka, AK. Lost power on number 2 engine during climb. Power returned. Returned to airport. Cause of failure undetermined.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.