# Incident 19970129004279I: Boeing 7372H4, Rapid City, SD, January 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1997, 14:05 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal 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: N369DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N369DL-2003-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2H4 (registry code 138448C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372H4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,230 total, 183 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970129004279I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DAL 1859, A B737 SLC-MSP REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT 100 MILES EAST OF RAP. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO RAP AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT 2021Z. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY, PASSENGERS DEPLANED NORMALLY. MECHANIC OF DTYA AND TOM OSWOLD, DELTA MECHANIC FROM SLC REPLACED GEAR HANDLE SOLENOID THEN FERRIED AIRCRAFT TO CIN MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR FURTHER TROUBLE SHOOTING.

## Other reports on N369DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19890622037819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890622037819I), Jun 22, 1989: Boeing 737200 (N369DL), Covington - Cin, OH. Captains HSI froze after takeoff. Returned. Replaced his HSI. Continued flight.

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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