# Incident 20000711035649I: Boeing 737200A, Kansas City, MO, July 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2000, 09:59 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N120NJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120NJ-2005-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-200A (registry code 1384416, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-200a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737200A
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000711035649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 11, 2000, AT 0959 (LCL), VANGUARD AIRLINES, FLIGHT 584, AIRCRAFT N120NJ, WAS SCHEDULED TO ENROUTE FROM MCI TO MDW. THE CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT NUMBER ONE ENGINE SETTING WAS STUCK AT 90% WITH NO THROTTLE CONTROL. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED BACK TO MCI. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT MCI WITH THE AFFECTED ENGINE SHUT DOWN ON APPROACH, WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. VANGUARD MAINTENANCE PERFORMED TROUBLE SHOOTING PROCEDURES AND UPON OPEN UP OF THE ENGINE COWLING DISCOVERED THE BOLT AND RELATED HARDWARE TO THE TELEFLEX CABLE (THROTTLE CABLE) LYING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COWLING. AIRCRAFT N120NJ HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. VANGUARDS DIRECTOR OF QUALITY ASSURANCE RELAYED THAT PRIOR MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED IN THE SAME AREA AND THAT AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION BY THE AIRLINE WAS UNDERWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH THIS REPORT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^          IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N120NJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20000104000559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000104000559I), Jan 4, 2000: Boeing 737200A (N120NJ), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On January 4, 2000, vanguard airlines, flight 819, a Boeing 737, was enroute from mci to dfw. Upon taxi, the number two engine epr indicator failed. No…

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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