# Incident 20010118005069I: Boeing 7373H4, Wichita, KS, January 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2001, 14:10 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N635SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N635SW-2018-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010118005069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE @35,000', FROM ST. LOUIS TO PHOENIX, THE A/C YAWED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. PILOT NOTED RAPID FLUCTUATIONS IN THE LEFT ENGINES INSTRUMENTS ALONG WITH A PERCEPTIBLE DROP IN EGT. FURTHER, THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SMELL AND SLIGHT SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE DISRUPTION LASTED FOR APPROX. 10 SECONDS AFTER WHICH THE LEFT ENGINE FULLY RECOVERED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE A/C LANDED WIHTOUT INCIDENT. PILOT STATED THAT WHIL COMPLETING THE CHECKLIST AND IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING NO ENGINE ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. DISCUSSIONS WITH SWAA PPM (MAINTENANCE) INDICATE CORROSION IN THE CANNON PLUG OF THE FUEL SPAR VALVE IN THE LEFT WHEEL WELL IS KNOWN TO BE A CASUAL FACTOR IN RELATED OCCURRENCES AND IS CURRENTLY ADDRESSED IN A BOEING SERVICE LETTER. N635SW FERRIED TO DFW FOR MAINTENANCE.

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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