# Incident 19880121004949I: Boeing 737232, Kansas City, MO, January 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1988, 16:05 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N308DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N308DL-2009-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-232 (registry code 1384475, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737232
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880121004949I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE OVERHEAT ILLUMINATED. RETURNED TO KANSAS CITY. SYSTEM TEST WAS NORMAL. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OVERHEAT PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N308DL (2)

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

- [Incident 19940607022809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940607022809I), Jun 7, 1994: Boeing 737232 (N308DL), Buffalo, NY. A system hydraulic failure on approach. Used emergency gear extenion. Replaced. Defective nose gear supply line.
- [Incident 19890120006119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890120006119I), Jan 20, 1989: Boeing 737200 (N308DL), Memphis, TN. Thumping noise on climbout. Returned found air condition duct loose in forward bin. Repaired and flight continued.

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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