# Incident 19780719043699I: Cvac STCAPJC, Kansas City, MO, July 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1978, 17:15 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FAL
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73143, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73143-1991-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340-31 (registry code 2422804, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STCAPJC
- People aboard: 52
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780719043699I

## Narrative

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

AIR STARTER CASE SEPARATED DURING ENGINE START. BLEED AIR PRESSURIZED AND RUPTURED ENGINE NACELLE.

## Other reports on N73143 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840402013409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840402013409I), Apr 2, 1984: Cvac STCAPJC (N73143), Dallas, TX. Nr 2 starter speed light came on. Found nr 2 starter shaft sheared.

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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