# Incident 20000621033199I: Boeing 737247, Kansas City, MO, June 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P2EA
- 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: N912MP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N912MP-2004-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737247
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000621033199I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE, 21, 2000, VANGUARD AIRLINES, FLIGHT 303, AIRCRAFT 912MP WAS SCHEDULED TO ENROUTE FROM MCI TO DEN. ON INITIAL CLIMB OUT, CABIN PRESSURE, AUTO FAIL, ILLUMINATED. THE CREW SWITCHED TO STANDBY AND RECEIVED A 1,000 FEET PER MINUTE CLIMB IN THE CABIN NO MATTER WHERE THE RATE KNOB WAS POSITIONED.  WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 12,000 FEET THE CABIN WENT FROM PLUS 1000 FEET TO NEGATIVE 4000 FEET.  THE PILOT SWITCHED TO MANUAL AND THE CABIN PRESSURIZED NORMALLY.  NO EMERGENCY OR EQUIPMENT REQUESTED AND THE PILOT RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO MCI'S GATE, WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. VANGUARD MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TROUBLE SHOOTING PROCEDURES AND REPLACED THE CABIN OUT FLOW VALVE ALONG WITH THE CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER AS PRECAUTIONARY, PER MM21-31-0.  THIS DESCREPANCY IS A REPEAT FROM JUNE 19, 2000, AT DFW.  VANGUARD AIRLINES PERFORMED AN EVALUATION FLIGHT TO OPERATIONALLY CHECK THE PRESSURIZATION CONTROL SYSTEM, ON A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT.  THE PRESSURIZATION EVALUATION FLIGHT CHECKED GOOD.  INCIDENT NUMBER CE052000IAC061, IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N912MP (3)

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

- [Incident 19991113037819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991113037819I), Nov 13, 1999: Boeing 737247 (N912MP), Minneapolis, MN. (-23) Vanguard airlines flight 703 from mdw to msp on approach to msp declared an emergency due to a flap malfunction. Aircraft landed without further indicent…
- [Incident 19990616022749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990616022749I), Jun 16, 1999: Boeing 737247 (N912MP), Kansas City, MO. After takeoff, nose gear indicator light would not illuminate. Pilot returned to mci and landed without incident. Maintenance found open circuit breaker and…
- [Incident 19990203012129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990203012129I), Feb 3, 1999: Boeing 737247 (N912MP). On February 23,1999, vanguard airlines, flight 817, a Boeing 737, was enroute from mci to dfw and turned back to mci due to hydraulic system failure. An…

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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