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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 7372H4 · St Louis, MO · January 17, 1990

Date
January 17, 1990 · 18:46 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Aircraft
N64SW
Reported as
Boeing 7372H4
People aboard
79
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Diverted due to weather. NR1 compass system failed in flight. Replaced directional gyro.

As the FAA filed it

DIVERTED DUE TO WEATHER. NR1 COMPASS SYSTEM FAILED IN FLIGHT. REPLACED DIRECTIONAL GYRO.