# Incident 19981226042259I: Boeing 737281, Kansas City, MO, December 26, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1998, 13:51 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P2EA
- 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: 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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981226042259I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [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 19970124006839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970124006839I), Jan 24, 1997: Boeing 737281 (N219US), Denver, CO. 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…
- [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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