# Incident 19950306007619I: Boeing 737300, Omaha, NE, March 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1995, 15:38 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&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 737300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950306007619I

## Narrative

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

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 WAS SNOWING AT THE TIME AND THE RAMP WAS SNOW COVERED. SNOW REMOVAL CREWS WERE OPERATING ON THE RAMP AND RUNWAYS. AFTER RECEIVING GROUND CONTROL PERMISSION, THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO CROSS-BLEED START THE LEFT ENGINE. THE ENGINE DID NOT START AND THE CREW REPORTED TO GROUND CONTROL THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED WHILE TAXIING. ON TAXI BACK TO THE GATE, GROUND CONTROL NOTED #1 WAS FILLED UP WITH SNOW. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED BACK TO PHOENIX, AZ THE NEXT DAY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N164AW (3)

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

- [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.
- [Incident 19910602023629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910602023629I), Jun 2, 1991: Boeing 73733A (N164AW), Kansas City, MO, Minor damage. Bird strike on NR1 engine on initial climb. Declared an emergency. 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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