# Incident 19930317010249I: Boeing 737201, Kansas City, MO, March 17, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1993, 13:05 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N229US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N229US-2002-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-201 (registry code 1384454, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737201
- People aboard: 80
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930317010249I

## Narrative

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

A SYSTEM QUANTITY SHOWED DECREASE ON CLIMB. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. O RING SEAL DEFECTIVE ON NR5 SPOILER ACTUATOR.

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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