# Incident 20000413023299I: Boeing 737230, Honolulu, HI, April 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2000, 20:40 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TSAA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N818AL-2008-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-230 (registry code 1384401, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-230) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737230
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000413023299I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AT FL 190, AUTOPILOT ON, IN CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ROLLING/YAWING, INCREASING IN SEVERITY. AUTOPILOT WAS DISENGAGED AND AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ROLLING AND YAWING.  YAW DAMPER WAS DISENGAGED AND THE PILOT COMBATED THE DUTCH ROLL.  PILOT REGAINED CONTROL AND MADE UNEVENTFUL LANDING.  MAXIUM BANK ANGLE ACHIEVED WAS 10 DEGREES.  INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THE SHROUD ASSEMBLY FOR E1 ELECTRONIC RACK WAS NOT PROPERLY ATTACHED.  A LIQUID SPILL FROM THE GALLEY TRAVELED DOWN THROUGH THE CABIN FLOOR, CONTINUED DOWN THE CONNECTOR CABLE TO THE YAW DAMPER COMPUTER.  THE LIQUID PENETRATED THE CONNECTOR PLUG AND SHORTED SEVERAL PINS CAUSING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO RELAESE.

## Other reports on N818AL (1)

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

- [Incident 20000421023289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000421023289I), Apr 21, 2000: Boeing 737230 (N818AL), Honolulu, HI. (-23)Pilots reported during landing phase aircraft made an uncommanded yaw. Maintenance replaced the D295 connector. This is the airframe side connector for…

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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