# Incident 19901203063759I: Boeing 737247, Jackson, MS, December 3, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1990
- Place: Jackson, MS
- Airport: Jackson International Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.2988° N, 90.1848° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2988&lon=-90.1848&mi=10
- Aircraft: N237WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N237WA-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: 112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3,200 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901203063759I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL ODOR IN CABIN. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N237WA (3)

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

- [Incident 20000211002639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000211002639I), Feb 11, 2000: Boeing 737247 (N237WA), Kansas City, MO. (-5) On 2-11-2000, delta airlines flight 2585, declared an emergency and returned to Kansas City International due to electrical smoke in the cockpit. The…
- [Incident 19901124061829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901124061829I), Nov 24, 1990: Boeing 737247 (N237WA), Newark, NJ. Pilot aborted takeoff due to nose wheel steering problem. Did not return to gate or write up in log.
- [Incident 19881028059949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881028059949I), Oct 28, 1988: Boeing 737247 (N237WA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Received bird strikes to both wings and copilot's windscreen on takeoff. Returned. Damage to slats and leading edge

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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