# Incident 19891027057769I: Boeing 737322, Rapid City, SD, October 27, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1989, 12:45 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 44.0499° N, 103.4206° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0499&lon=-103.4206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N344UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 490 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90IA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891027057769I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN AIRCRAFT ON DEPARTURE. RETURNED. SMOKE AGAIN WHILE TAXIING. EVACUATED VIA SLIDES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN90IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90IA016), Oct 27, 1989: Boeing 737-322 (N344UA), Rapid City, SD, incident, no damage. Probable cause: THE INFLIGHT FAILURE OF THE RECIRCULATING FAN UNIT AND SEVERAL AIR DUCT TEMPERATURE LIMITING SENSORS.

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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