# Incident 19860421029909I: Boeing 737275, Imperial, CA, April 21, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1986, 15:19 local time
- Place: Imperial, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 32.8388° N, 115.5720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Imperial, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8388&lon=-115.5720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N127AW-1988-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-275 (registry code 1384485, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-275) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737275
- People aboard: 68
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,200 total, 3,400 in this make and model, 223 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860421029909I

## Narrative

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

CABIN ALTITUDE BEGAN TO RISE WHILE AT CRUISE. EMERGENCY DESCENT. REPLACED REAR OUTFLOW VALVE.

## Other reports on N127AW (1)

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

- [Incident 19830803049849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830803049849I), Aug 3, 1983: Boeing 737275 (N127AW), Phoenix, AZ. Took off without the required amount of fuel to reach destination. Returned for more fuel.

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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