# Accident 19980518020509A: Boeing 747123, Minneapolis, MN, May 18, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1998, 02:33 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 44.8503° N, 93.2296° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8503&lon=-93.2296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N675UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N675UP-2010-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-123 (registry code 1384873, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-123) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747123
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 193 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98IA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98IA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980518020509A

## Narrative

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

UNCOMMANDED RUDDER INPUTS, INTERMITTANT FIRE LIGHT. WARNING CIRUCIT REPLACED. REPLACED VHF COAXIAL CONNECTOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98IA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98IA164), May 18, 1998: Boeing 747-123 (N675UP), Minneapolis, MN, incident, no damage. Probable cause: the open shielding on the #2 VHF transceiver coax connector which resulted in electromagnetic interference with the yaw damper system.

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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