# Incident 19990106008729I: Boeing 737524, Minneapolis, MN, January 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1999, 12:58 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14664, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14664-2008-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-524 (registry code 1384721, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737524
- People aboard: 69
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990106008729I

## Narrative

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

(-5) VERY STRONG SMELL, LIKE BURNING MATCHES, BECAME VERY PRONOUNCED THROUGH-OUT THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN DISSAPATED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ENTIRE AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNABLE TO DETECT ANY ODOR OR ABNORMALITIES. NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF SAME IN PAST 90 DAYS.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.