# Incident 19970119002779I: Boeing 7372H4, Kansas City, MO, January 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1997, 22:42 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- 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: N71SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71SW-2003-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2H4 (registry code 138448C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372H4
- People aboard: 122
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970119002779I

## Narrative

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

LOST HYDRAULIC B SYSTEM ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. RUPTURED ELEVATOR HYDRAULIC SERVO UNIT. REPLACED SAME.

## Other reports on N71SW (3)

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

- [Accident 19950127001469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950127001469A), Jan 27, 1995: Boeing 7372H4 (N71SW), Dallas, TX. Deplaning passengers. Small boy exited thru galley. Fell thru gap between truck and plane. Attendants failed notice
- [Incident 19871028073239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871028073239I), Oct 28, 1987: Boeing 7372H4 (N71SW), St Louis, MO. Hydraulic fluid in a system was slowly lost en route. Safe landing. Found a small hole in a flap well line.
- [Incident 19851004055969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851004055969I), Oct 4, 1985: Boeing 7372H4 (N71SW), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. During initial climb aircraft struck a large bird which penetrated radome and foward bulkhead.

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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