# Incident 19900624040429I: Boeing 737247, Rapid City, SD, June 24, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1990, 12:43 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N236WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N236WA-2007-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737247
- People aboard: 96
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900624040429I

## Narrative

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

CREW SMELLED ODOR OF BURNING WIRE. PILOT MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT RAPID CITY.

## Other reports on N236WA (1)

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

- [Incident 19860129012759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860129012759I), Jan 29, 1986: Boeing 737247 (N236WA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. While pulling off to side of taxiway to await IFR clearance, wingtip struck a blast fence. Navigation lens broken.

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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