36.1750° N, 115.1372° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 21, 1987 · 13:47 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AWXA
Aircraft
N323XV
Reported as
Boeing 737214
People aboard
106
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 in this make and model
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The airliner diverted due to a system hydraulic pressure loss. A chaffed line was found in the left wheel well.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRLINER DIVERTED DUE TO A SYSTEM HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LOSS. A CHAFFED LINE WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT WHEEL WELL.