# Incident 19990507015189I: Boeing 737200, Kansas City, MO, May 7, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1999, 21:00 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- 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: N309DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N309DL-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-232 (registry code 1384475, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A (registry code 51731, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 85
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990507015189I

## Narrative

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

DELTA EXPRESS AIRLINES FLIGHT 2587 RETURNED TO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON 5-7-99 AT 19:95. THE RETURN WAS DUE TO A POPPING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A GROWLING VIBRATION. MECHANICS REPLACED THE RIGHT HAND PACK TURBOFAN ASSEMBLY PART NUMBER 213001018, SERIAL NUMBER 1122494. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PTRS ENTRY 9908250 WAS MADE CONCERNING THIS INCIDENT. INCIDENT REPORT CE99IAC0058 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N309DL (2)

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

- [Incident 19970521019239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970521019239I), May 21, 1997: Boeing 737232 (N309DL), Jacksonville, FL. Encountered severe weather turbulence. Flight attendants and passengers suffered minor injuries.
- [Incident 19910921045789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910921045789I), Sep 21, 1991: Boeing 737232 (N309DL), Covington - Cin, OH. Airframe vibration on climbout. Diverted and landed. Replaced missing hardware on left pack ram door.

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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