# Incident 19900527025869I: Boeing 737297, Fresno, CA, May 27, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1990, 15:40 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N147AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N147AW-2014-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-297 (registry code 1384480, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-297) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737297
- People aboard: 71
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900527025869I

## Narrative

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

AFT LAVATORY SMOKE ALARM CAME ON. ODOR OF BURNING WIRE. DIVERTED FOR LANDING. LIGHT BALLAST HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N147AW (1)

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

- [Incident 19910720037999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910720037999I), Jul 20, 1991: Boeing 737297 (N147AW), Wichita, KS. Passenger complained of shortness off breath. Medical service alerted and met aircraft on arrival.

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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