# Incident 20000421023289I: Boeing 737230, Honolulu, HI, April 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2000, 06:45 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: 15,500 total, 7,100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000421023289I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOTS REPORTED DURING LANDING PHASE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNCOMMANDED YAW. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE D295 CONNECTOR.  THIS IS THE AIRFRAME SIDE CONNECTOR FOR THE YAW DAMPER COUPLER.  MAINTENANCE REPORTED THAT THIS CONNECTOR SHOWED SIGNS OF INTERNAL SHORTING DUE TO CONTAMINANTS CAUSED BY ALIQUID SPILL.  THE INCIDENT IS RELATED TO PREVIOUS OCCURENCE ON THIS AIRCRAFT ON APRIL 13, 2000.

## Other reports on N818AL (1)

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

- [Incident 20000413023299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000413023299I), Apr 13, 2000: Boeing 737230 (N818AL), Honolulu, HI. (-23)At FL 190, autopilot on, in climb, the aircraft started rolling/yawing, increasing in severity. Autopilot was disengaged and aircraft continued rolling…

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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