# Incident 19890831050109I: Boeing 737222, Wichita, KS, August 31, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1989, 12:59 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9004U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9004U-1998-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-222 (registry code 1384473, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737222
- People aboard: 89
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,800 total, 460 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890831050109I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REQUESTED EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING DUE TO PASSENGER HAVING BREATHING PROBLEM. USED OXYGEN. NO MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

## Other reports on N9004U (1)

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

- [Accident 19960907026249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960907026249A), Sep 7, 1996: Boeing 737222 (N9004U), Allentown, PA, Substantial damage. On take off had a compressor stall, tower allerted saw parks and smoke in left engine, returned.

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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