# Incident 19960904033669I: Boeing 7374B7, Kansas City, MO, September 4, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1996, 20:55 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N434US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434US-2015-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-4B7 (registry code 138449C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-4b7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-3B series (registry code 13063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-3b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7374B7
- People aboard: 107
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960904033669I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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