# Incident 19990415019679I: Boeing 737200, Kansas City, MO, April 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1999, 07:40 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N204AU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N204AU-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200
- People aboard: 30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990415019679I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON TAKEOFF FROM MCI, THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP. BOTH MAIN LANDING GEARS RETRACTED, THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT. THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN. ALL GEARS INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MCI WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT OR INJURY TO PASSENGERS OR CREW. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. VANGUARD REPLACED NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK ACTUATOR AND ACTUATOR CASTING, ALONG WITH NOSE LANDING GEAR TUNION BEARINGS.

## Other reports on N204AU (2)

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

- [Incident 19930224005079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930224005079I), Feb 24, 1993: Boeing 727247 (N204AU), Buffalo, NY. Loud bang on climb. Shut NR2 engine down. Returned. Landed safely. Dome assembly was replaced.
- [Incident 19920908041209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920908041209I), Sep 8, 1992: Boeing 737247 (N204AU), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Wing tip struck the jetway on a power out from the gate. Pilot under direction of aircraft marshaller.

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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