# Incident 19990923027119I: Boeing 737500, Kansas City, MO, September 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1999, 16:25 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N514SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N514SW-2016-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-5H4 (registry code 138449D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-5h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737500
- People aboard: 127
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990923027119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/23/99, SWAA, B-737-500, N514SW, DEPARTED ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (STL) AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR LANDING AT MCI, DUE TO FIRE INDICATION IN APU. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO GATE WITH NO PROBLEM.  APU FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEFERRED PER MEL 26-8.  DISCHARGED FIRE BOTTLE WAS DEFERRED PER MEL 26-7.  AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED INTO SERVICE. 09/24/99, FIRE BOTTLE WAS REPLACED, FOLLOWED BY FIRE LOOP REPLACEMENT ON 09/25/99 WITH NO FURTHER SQUAWKS.  THIS INCIDENT CE1999IAC 099 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N514SW (2)

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

- [Incident 20010702018369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010702018369I), Jul 2, 2001: Boeing 737500 (N514SW), Omaha, NE. (-23) Swaa flight 1594 was enroute las vegas, NV, to Omaha, NE, at FL370 when the aircraft lost pressurization. The crew began an emergency descent and leveled…
- [Incident 19980319010899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980319010899I), Mar 19, 1998: Boeing 737500 (N514SW), Birmingham, AL. Narrative: the aircraft was descending out of 14,000 feet about 40 west of Birmingham, Alabama. The aircraft hit light to moderate turbulence for 5 to 7…

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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