# Incident 19990304013389I: Boeing 737200, Kansas City, MO, March 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1999, 08:50 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- 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: N95SW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200
- People aboard: 112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990304013389I

## Narrative

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

ON 3-4-99 AT 0850, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 500, A BOEING 737-200 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING WHILE ON APPROACH INTO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AND PROCEEDED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS TRAILING EDGE DEVICES WOULD NOT EXTEND BEYOND 8 DEGREES. ALTERNATE FLAP EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS TRIED, BUT WAS OF NO HELP. HIS LEADING EDGE DEVICES OPERATED NORMAL. SWA OPERATIONS CONTACTED THEIR ON CALL MAINTENANCE. CONTRACT AVIATION MAINTENANCE (CAM) FOUND THE R/H INBOARD FLAP TORQUE SHAFT CLEARANCE DOOR WAS BROKEN AND CAUSING INTEFERENCE WITH THE FLAP JACKSCREW OPERATION.. THE DOOR WAS REMOVED PER CDL 57-53-1 AND IS BEING TRACKED BY #21019. THE FLAPS WERE CYCLED PROCESSING OF THIS REPORT CLOSES INCIDENT NUMBER CE99IACOO37.

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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