# Incident 19910602023629I: Boeing 73733A, Kansas City, MO, June 2, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1991, 17:10 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- 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: N164AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N164AW-2009-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-33A (registry code 1384673, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 73733A
- People aboard: 148
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910602023629I

## Narrative

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

BIRD STRIKE ON NR1 ENGINE ON INITIAL CLIMB. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N164AW (3)

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

- [Incident 19950306007619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950306007619I), Mar 6, 1995: Boeing 737300 (N164AW), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft was pushed back from Eppley Airfield gate 11 after being dispatched with an inoperative APU. Engine #2 was started using external air. It…
- [Incident 19941004039189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941004039189I), Oct 4, 1994: Boeing 73733A (N164AW), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Left engine injested a duck on climbout. Returned safely. FOD to engine.
- [Incident 19921118052189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921118052189I), Nov 18, 1992: Boeing 73733A (N164AW), San Diego, CA. Smoke in cockpit from APU before departure. Started smoking again after departure. Returned. Landed safely.

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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