42.5000° N, 96.4003° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux City, IA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 19, 1988 · 14:23 local
Place
Sioux City, IA
Airport
Sioux Gateway
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AWXA
Aircraft
N144AW
Reported as
Boeing 737222
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
59
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,350 total
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine fire warning. Retarded throttle. Used fire bottles. Emergency landing. Fire control panel failed. No fire.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE FIRE WARNING. RETARDED THROTTLE. USED FIRE BOTTLES. EMERGENCY LANDING. FIRE CONTROL PANEL FAILED. NO FIRE.