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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 7373G7 · Seattle, WA · January 29, 1990

Date
January 29, 1990 · 12:33 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Phase of flight
Holding IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AWXA
Aircraft
N301AW
Reported as
Boeing 7373G7
People aboard
85
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total5,800 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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.

Flight in holding pattern using reserve fuel. Did not declare minimun fuel but given priority. Had strong headwinds

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT IN HOLDING PATTERN USING RESERVE FUEL. DID NOT DECLARE MINIMUN FUEL BUT GIVEN PRIORITY.HAD STRONG HEADWINDS