From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-5) December 26, 1998, vanguard airlines Boeing 737-281, N219US, departed Kansas City International Airport, and returned to mci due to a cracked sliding window. Pressurization was not lost, vanguard's maintenance replaced the cracked window, right window heat control unit and returned the aircraft to service.
As the FAA filed it
(-5) DECEMBER 26, 1998, VANGUARD AIRLINES BOEING 737-281, N219US, DEPARTED KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND RETURNED TO MCI DUE TO A CRACKED SLIDING WINDOW. PRESSURIZATION WAS NOT LOST, VANGUARD'S MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CRACKED WINDOW, RIGHT WINDOW HEAT CONTROL UNIT AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.
Other reports on N219US · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.