# Incident 19980123004619I: Boeing 737201, Middletown, PA, January 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1998, 17:53 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RIVA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218US-2018-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-201 (registry code 1384454, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737201
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980123004619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 23, 1998, AT 1753 HOURS (LOCAL), A BOEING 737-201, N21805, REGISTERED TO PANAM WORLD AIRWAYS ENROUTE TO TORONTO, CANADA AT 27,000 FEET HAD A FIRE WARNING LIGHT IN THE MAIN GEAR AND DEVIATED INTO HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, DONALD DAVID SWIFT, CONTACTED NEW YORK CENTER FOR THE CLOSEST AIRPORT. NEW YORK CENTER GAVE THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, DONALD D. SWIFT, HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND CONTACTED HARRISBURG APPROACH THEN HARRISBURG TOWER AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 31 WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY TO THE TAXI-WAY AND SHUT DOWN. AN INSPECTION FOR FIRE WAS PERFORMED BY THE CREW AND FIRE TRUCK CREW. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE AIRCRFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ATLANTIC CITY, NJ ON 01/23/98 AT 1715 HOURS (LOCAL) AND LANDED AT HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON 01/23/98 AT 1753 HOURS (LOCAL). THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE AND THE CREW ESCAPED INJURIES. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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