# Incident 19970814032159I: Boeing 737200, Omaha, NE, August 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1997, 10:09 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N187AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N187AW-2005-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-277 (registry code 138447D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-277) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200
- People aboard: 95
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970814032159I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 14, 1997, N187AW, A BOEING 737-20, WAS OPERATED BY AMERICAN WEST AIRLINES, INC., AS FLIGHT 2517 FROM PHOENIX TO OMAHA, NEBRASKA. DURING THE APPROACH THE CREW HAD TO USE ALTERNATE METHODS TO SELECT FLAPS BEYOND 1 DEGREE. HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND QUANTITY WERE NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO ROLL TENDENCY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE OPERATIONALLY CHECKED THE FLAPS WITH NO DISCREPANCIES. MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE FLAP DRIVE SYSTEM USING PROCEDURES FROM THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL, CHAPTERS 27-51. ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR FLIGHT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N187AW (1)

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

- [Incident 20040618009739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040618009739I), Jun 18, 2004: Boeing 737277 (N187AW), Oakland, CA. (-23) On June 18, 2004, america west flight 176 aborted takeoff and returned to Oakland international airport, the crew reported the number one engine vibrated…

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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