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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-4B7 · Kansas City, MO · September 4, 1996

Date
September 4, 1996 · 20:55 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N434US
Reported as
Boeing 7374B7
People aboard
107
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: us air aircraft N434US, flight number 797, departed mci around 20:30 hours CST on 4 September 1996, enroute to sfo. After take-off the landing gear failed to retract. The crew notified us air operations control, who informed them to return to mci. Enroute back to mci the crew discovered the air/ground sensor circuit breaker popped and was instructed by us air maintenance control to reset it. After making a normal landing at mci, maintenance was dispatched to troubleshoot the problem after pinning the gears and disconnecting the cable for the air/ground sensors, maintenance performed an operational check of the landing gear system. This check included several successful dummy retractions of the landing gear to guarantee correct operation. All components operated normally and the circuit breaker stayed in. The aircraft was released from maintenance and returned back to service. This incident (CE96IGA0132) is considered closed with the submittal of this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: US AIR AIRCRAFT N434US, FLIGHT NUMBER 797, DEPARTED MCI AROUND 20:30 HOURS CST ON 4 SEPTEMBER 1996, ENROUTE TO SFO. AFTER TAKE-OFF THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. THE CREW NOTIFIED US AIR OPERATIONS CONTROL, WHO INFORMED THEM TO RETURN TO MCI. ENROUTE BACK TO MCI THE CREW DISCOVERED THE AIR/GROUND SENSOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND WAS INSTRUCTED BY US AIR MAINTENANCE CONTROL TO RESET IT. AFTER MAKING A NORMAL LANDING AT MCI, MAINTENANCE WAS DISPATCHED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM AFTER PINNING THE GEARS AND DISCONNECTING THE CABLE FOR THE AIR/GROUND SENSORS, MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. THIS CHECK INCLUDED SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL DUMMY RETRACTIONS OF THE LANDING GEAR TO GUARANTEE CORRECT OPERATION. ALL COMPONENTS OPERATED NORMALLY AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER STAYED IN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FROM MAINTENANCE AND RETURNED BACK TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT (CE96IGA0132) IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE SUBMITTAL OF THIS REPORT.