# Incident 19960822033599I: Boeing 7373H4, Kansas City, MO, August 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1996, 13:25 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N335SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N335SW-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- People aboard: 93
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960822033599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DESCENT INTO KANSAS CITY, SW AIRLINES FLT 846, THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED THE HYD QUANTITY FOR "A" SYSTEM WAS DECREASING RAPIDLY. THE CREW SHUT OFF THE A SYSTEM PUMPS WHEN THE QUANTITY REACHED 1/4. "A" SYSTEM HYDRAULICS WERE DECLARED INOPERATIVE AND THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE LANDING AT MCI WAS UNEVENTFUL, AND REQUIRED NO EVACUATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE SW GATE AND THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE AT MCI (VANGUARD AIRLINES) EVALUATED THE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT WING, OUTBOARD ACTUATOR FOR THE INBOARD GROUND SPOILER WAS LEAKING. THE UNIT WAS SPRAYING FLUID FROM THE TOP OF THE ASSEMBLY. THE ACTUATOR WAS CHANGED OUT WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N335SW (1)

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

- [Incident 20010304003669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010304003669I), Mar 4, 2001: Boeing 7373H4 (N335SW), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23)On March 4, 2001 at 2030 hours MST, southwest airlines flight 2021 landed on runway 8 and continued off the runway into the packed overrun a distance of…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.