# Incident 19990726026059I: Boeing 737291, Minneapolis, MN, July 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1999, 18:51 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- 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: N977UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N977UA-2017-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-291 (registry code 138448W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (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 737291
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 64
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990726026059I

## Narrative

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

APU FIRE INDICATION AT TOP OF DESCENT. FIRE WARNING SOUNDED, CREW DISCHARGED FIRE BOTTLE. EMERGENCY LANDING MADE IN MSP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED APU COMPARTMENT AND TAIL CONE AREA WITH NO INDICATION OF FIRE.

## Other reports on N977UA (1)

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

- [Incident 20000726021919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000726021919I), Jul 26, 2000: Boeing 737291 (N977UA), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. (-23)On Thursday, July 27, 2000 at 0900 local time, a united airlines B737, flight 1620, reported to the suracuse tower that it hit a flock of birds…

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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