# Incident 20010421012009I: Doug DC983, Kansas City, MO, April 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2001, 10:40 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: N131NJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010421012009I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 21, 2001 VANGUARD AIRLINES FLIGHT 150, AIRCRAFT N131NJ, WAS SCHEDULED TO ENROUTE FORM MCI TO LGA. ON INITAL CLIMB OUT, THE FORWARD CARGO WARNING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE.  NO EMERGENCY OR EQUIPMENT REQUESTED AND THE PILOT RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO MCI WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.  VANGUARD MAINTENANCE DICOVERED TWO SEPERATE DISCREPANCIES AND DEFERRED THE CARGO DOOR WARNING SYSTEM.  THE SECOND DISCREPANCY WAS THE MAIN FLOW VALVE LEVER IN MANUAL.  REPOSITIONED THE MAIN FLOW VALVE TO AUTO, AND PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM OPERATIONALLY TESTED NORMAL.  WITH THIS REPORT, INCIDENT NUMBER CE05200IAC0034 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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