# Incident 19990323017799I: Boeing 7373H4, Kansas City, MO, March 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1999, 13:57 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N378SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N378SW-2020-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- Reported engine: GE CFM563B1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990323017799I

## Narrative

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

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #1087, A BOEING B-737-3H4 AIRCRAFT, N378SW, DEPARTED KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL (MCI) AIRPORT ON MARCH 23, 1999 AT 1:35 PM. DURING CLIMB, THE FLIGHT CREW WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL SMELL, WITH A HAZE VAPOR LAYER BUILD-UP, IN THE AFT CABIN OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT CREW TURNED OFF THE CASPER AND RECIRCULATION FAN WHICH RESULTED IN THE HAZ DISSIPATING. AS A PRECAUTION, THE FLIGHT CREW RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO MCI AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CONTRACT AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE (CAM) MECHANIC DISCOVERED FRESH OIL FROM THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE (ACM) DISCHARGED ON TO THE TIP OF THE BAG CONE OF THE RIGHT WATER SEPARATOR COALESCER BAG ASSEMBLY. THE RIGHT PACK WAS PLACED AS INOPERATIVE ON MEL 21-1. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT MCI TO DEPART FOR INDIANA AT 3:55PM. ON MARCH 25, 1999, THE RIGHT WATER SEPARATOR COALESCER BAG WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH THE ACM SERVICED WITH OIL. SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS UNEVENTFUL. THIS INCIDENT NUMBER CE99IAC0040 IS CLOSED.

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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