# Incident 19890211005659I: Boeing 727224, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, February 11, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1989, 06:44 local time
- Place: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 15.1993° N, 145.7774° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Municipality of Saipan, MP, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=15.1993&lon=145.7774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66732 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727224
- People aboard: 129
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890211005659I

## Narrative

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

APPEARS PILOT WAS CLEARED TO CROSS FIX AT A DIFFERENT ALTITUDE. BUT ATC FAILED TO ISSUE THE CLEARANCE.

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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