# Incident 19990802024949I: Airbus A320232, Omaha, NE, August 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1999, 05:35 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft: N640AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N640AW-2016-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-232 (registry code 3930326, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320232
- People aboard: 90
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990802024949I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 20, 1999, AMERICA WEST FLIGHT 2312, ENROUTE FROM LAS VEGAS, NV TO COLUMBUS OH, DIVERTED TO EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NE, DUE TO A CRACKED LEFT HAND WINDSHIELD ASSEMBLY. THE AIRBUS A-320-232, N640AW, S/N 448, LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION ESTABLISHED THAT THE CRACKING WAS CONFINED TO THE OUTER WINDSHIELD PANEL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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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