# Incident 19981213039779I: Airbus A320231, Kansas City, MO, December 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1998, 20:43 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- 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: N637AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N637AW-2017-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-231 (registry code 3930325, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320231
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981213039779I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON DECEMBER 13, 1998, AMERICAN WEST, FLIGHT NUMBER 44, AN AIRBUS 320, WAS ENROUTE FROM CMH TO LAX AND DIVERTED TO MCI DUE TO PRESSURIZATION PROBLEMS.  NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT MCI WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  CREW REPORTED #1 BLEED FAULTED THEN #2 BLEED FAULTED.  THE PILOT DESENDED THE AIRCRAFT TO 10,000 FEET (NO OXYGEN MASK WERE DEPLOYED) AND THE #2 BLEED WAS RESET.  AFTER LANDING AT MCI THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED AND MAINTENANCE CREWS RAN BLEED SYSTEM CHECKS.  THE #1 BLEED WAS PUT ON DPI AND THE AIRCRAFT REPOSITIONED TO LAS FOR THE NIGHT.  ON 12/14/98 THE SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE TEMP THERMOSTAT CONTROL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED BACK IN SERVICE.

## Other reports on N637AW (3)

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

- [Incident 20101007049219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101007049219I), Oct 7, 2010: Airbus Indu A320-231 (N637AW), Kansas City, MO, No damage. Us airways flight 5, phx to ord, sent acars message at 2050Z that the yellow "hydraulic reservoir low level warning" came on. The crew followed the ecam…
- [Incident 20060924019699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060924019699I), Sep 24, 2006: Airbus A320231 (N637AW), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. (-23) N637AW was taxiing to runway 27L in phl for takeoff on flight 430 on Sunday 09/24/06 when the tower reported smoke coming from the landing gear. The…
- [Incident 19940321008889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940321008889I), Mar 21, 1994: Airbus A320231 (N637AW), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. Narrative: while on board america west flight 19, enroute from dfw to phx, on March 21, 1994, two female passengers became unruly, lewd, loud and abusive. The…

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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