# Incident 19960108003249I: Boeing 737200, Omaha, NE, January 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1996, 23:57 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N185AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N185AW-2003-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-277 (registry code 138447D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-277) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200
- People aboard: 106
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960108003249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 8, 1996, A BOEING 737-200, N185AW, OPERATED AS AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INC. FLIGHT 780 FROM OMAHA, NE, TO PHOENIX, AZ, RETURNED TO OMAHA AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO PHOENIX WHERE MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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