# Incident 19950215003869I: Boeing 737214, Sioux City, IA, February 15, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1995, 12:50 local time
- Place: Sioux City, IA
- Airport: Sioux Gateway
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BJNA
- Location: 42.5000° N, 96.4003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5000&lon=-96.4003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N457TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N457TM-2013-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-214 (registry code 138446R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737214
- People aboard: 130
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,300 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950215003869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, WHILE ENROUTE FROM ELKO, NV TO LA CROSSE, WI A PASSENGER NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FIRE IN THE AREA OF THE THRUST REVERSER ON THE LEFT ENGINE. THE CREW VERIFIED THE APPEARANCE OF A FIRE AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT SIOUX CITY, IA. A MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO FIRE BUT A LOOSE PIECE OF ORANGE RTV THAT GAVE THE APPEARANCE OF A FIRE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N457TM (3)

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

- [Incident 20011126032799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011126032799I), Nov 26, 2001: Boeing 737214 (N457TM), Salt Lake City, UT. (-23) At flight level 310, enroute from houston (iah) to elko (eko), the hydraulic quantity gage dropped from 2 gallons to 1 gallon indicated. The hydraulic…
- [Incident 19950629023579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950629023579I), Jun 29, 1995: Boeing 737214 (N457TM), Elko, NV, Minor damage. Vibrating flight controls on descent. Section right aileron separated. Landed safely.
- [Incident 19950614020509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950614020509I), Jun 14, 1995: Boeing 737214 (N457TM), Omaha, NE. Failed to get nose gear down light at lnc. Diverted to oma. Landed safely. Down lock actuator line was leaking.

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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