# Incident 19901217063739I: Boeing 737284, El Paso, TX, December 17, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1990, 10:30 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N196AW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737284
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901217063739I

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER INTERFERING WITH CREW MEMBERS DUTIES. DIVERTED TO EL PASO. PASSENGER WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT.

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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