# Incident 19970124006839I: Boeing 737281, Denver, CO, January 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1997, 22:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P2EA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N219US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N219US-2000-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-281 (registry code 138448P, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-281) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737281
- People aboard: 46
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970124006839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: VANGUARD FLIGHT 612 RETURNED TO THE FIELD (DIA) AFTER FLYING FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES, ENROUTE TO (MCI) KANSAS CITY, MO. (PIC) PILOT IN COMMAND WAS NOTIFIED BY FLIGHT ATTENDANT OF A STRONG NAUSEOUS SMELL IN THE FORWARD CABIN. PIC ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEN. PIC DID NOT DECLARE A PRECAUTIONARY OR DECLARE EMERGENCY ON INBOUND. FIVE PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. WERE RELEASED EARLY THE NEXT AM. VANGUARD MAINTENANCE CREW FOUND, AFTER INVESTIGATION, THAT A BLEED AIR DUCT IN FORWARD CARGO PIT HAD BLOWN. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 01/27/97.

## Other reports on N219US (4)

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

- [Incident 19990107015539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990107015539I), Jan 7, 1999: Boeing 737281 (N219US), Minneapolis, MN. (-5) Aircraft aborted takeoff at 70 KTS due to dual bleed indication. Maintenance personnel determined that APU bleed valve failed in open postion. Replaced…
- [Incident 19981226042259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981226042259I), Dec 26, 1998: Boeing 737281 (N219US), Kansas City, MO. (-5) December 26, 1998, vanguard airlines Boeing 737-281, N219US, departed Kansas City International Airport, and returned to mci due to a cracked sliding…
- [Incident 19960415013459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960415013459I), Apr 15, 1996: Boeing 737281 (N219US), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. Narrative: vanguard airlines (vam) flt 126 departed dfw for ict on takeoff/rotation the stick shaker activated. The crew made a turn back and landed…
- [Incident 19891220065419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891220065419I), Dec 20, 1989: Boeing 737281 (N219US), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Blew a tire on takeoff roll. Pilot knew nothing about tire blowing out until he landed at destination.

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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