# Incident 19971218043389I: Boeing 7373G7, Omaha, NE, December 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1997, 21:53 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- 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: N309AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N309AW-2015-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3G7 (registry code 138447J, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3g7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373G7
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971218043389I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING SHORT FINAL PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A MACE-LIKE SUBSTANCE IN THE AIR. PASSENGERS HAD PROBLEMS BREATHING (ONE WAS GIVEN 02 AT THE TERMINAL). AFTER LANDING AND PASSENGERS DEPLANING, THE SMELL DISSIPATED AND THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL IN THE CABIN COULD NOT BE FOUND.

## Other reports on N309AW (2)

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

- [Incident 19940108001359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940108001359I), Jan 8, 1994: Boeing 7373G7 (N309AW), Farmington, NM. Narrative: on January 8, 1994, at about 0140, america west flight 749, enroute las vegas, Nevada to denver, Colorado got a fire warning in the aft lavatory.…
- [Incident 19900605030609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900605030609I), Jun 5, 1990: Boeing 7373G7 (N309AW), Omaha, NE. Lost b system hydraulic pressure on descent. Landed safely. Compression nut pulled loose from tube assembly.

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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