# Incident 19890130023189I: Boeing 737301, San Jose, CA, January 30, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1989, 19:35 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N592US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N592US-2008-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,950 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890130023189I

## Narrative

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

PRESSURIZATION PROBLEMS ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND AFT CARGO DOOR OPEN. WARNING LIGHT SWITCH IN CLOSED POSITION

## Other reports on N592US (1)

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

- [Incident 19881120063339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881120063339I), Nov 20, 1988: Boeing 737301 (N592US), Las Vegas, NV. Passenger locked self in lavatory and became noisy. Emergency landing at Las Vegas. Escorted by police to hospital.

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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