# Incident 20000102000949I: Boeing 737222, Buffalo, NY, January 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2000, 12:39 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P2EA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N209US-2018-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-222 (registry code 1384473, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737222
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D
- People aboard: 123
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000102000949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2000, AT 1239 LOCAL, A VANGUARD AIRLINES B-737, N209US, FLIGHT 734 PERFORMED AN AIR TURNBACK DUE TO THE NUMBER ONE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATING.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 AT BUF AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.  CONTRACT MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE AND FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD PREVIOUSLY DEPARTED AS FLIGHT 938 AT 0824 LOCAL AND RETURNED TO BUF WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.  MAINTENANCE FOUND THE 13TH STAGE BLEED AIR DUCT CRACKED.  THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DUCT PER MM75-10-00.  THE ENGINE WAS RUN WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N209US (5)

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

- [Incident 20000204002609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000204002609I), Feb 4, 2000: Boeing 737222 (N209US), Kansas City, MO. (-5) On February 4, 2000, vanguard airlines, flight 297, a Boeing 737, was enroute from mci to den. After take off the pilot reported that he had a gear…
- [Incident 19981122040729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981122040729I), Nov 22, 1998: Boeing 737222 (N209US), Kansas City, MO. (-5)Air carrier P2EA, flight number 408, B737-222, mci-atl, while enroute to atl the number two engine start valve illuminated shortly after takeoff from mci.…
- [Incident 19980112020379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980112020379I), Jan 12, 1998: Boeing 737222 (N209US), Goshen, IN. Fuel unbalance problems due to right fuel tank transfer line became disconnected.
- [Incident 19911217062029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911217062029I), Dec 17, 1991: Boeing 737222 (N209US), Baltimore, MD. Right nose wheel broke off while taxiing to runway. Found crack in axle at inner bearing race.
- [Incident 19900416016169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900416016169I), Apr 16, 1990: Boeing 737222 (N209US), Charlotte, NC. Crew unable to pressurize airplane on climb. Returned. Found e and e compartment door opened.

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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