# Incident 20010607012519I: Boeing 737297, Kansas City, MO, June 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2001, 18:26 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: N5WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5WM-2005-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-297 (registry code 1384480, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-297) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737297
- People aboard: 116
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010607012519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 7, 2001, VANGUARD AIRLINES FLIGHT 408, AIRCRAFT N5WM A B-737-297, WAS SCHEDULED TO ENROUTE FROM MCI TO LAS. AFTER TAKE OFF THE CREW HAD INDICATION THAT THE "A" SYSTEM HYDRAULICS HAD FAILED.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PILOT RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO MCI WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.  VANGUARD MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE "A" SYSTEM AND FOUND A LEAK IN THE FORWARD LEFT HAND MAIN WHEEL WELL.  VANGUARD MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED A HYDRAULIC LINE IN THE "A" SYSTEM, LOCATED IN THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL WELL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOEING MAINTENANCE MANUAL 20-00.  THE SYSTEM PASSED OPERATIONAL TEST AND THE ARICRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  WITH THIS REPORT, INCIDENT NUMBER CE05200IAC0044 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5WM (5)

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

- [Incident 20000528016799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000528016799I), May 28, 2000: Boeing 737297 (N5WM), Kansas City, MO. (-23)Vanguard aircraft N5WM declared an emergency due to a wheel well fire indication inbound to Kansas City, mci airport. Crash fire rescue were standing by…
- [Incident 20000321002309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000321002309I), Mar 21, 2000: Boeing 737297 (N5WM), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On March 21, 2000, vanguard airlines, flight 588, a Boeing 737, ws enroute from dfw to mci. While inbound to mci the aircraft lost oil quantity on number…
- [Incident 19990615013699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990615013699I), Jun 15, 1999: Boeing 737297 (N5WM), Kansas City, MO. A Boeing 737-297 vanguard aircraft, N005WM, displayed severe nose wheel shimmy on takeoff roll. The pilot eleted to reject the takeoff and returned to the gate…
- [Incident 19990411019759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990411019759I), Apr 11, 1999: Boeing 737297 (N5WM), Kansas City, MO. On April 11, 1999 vanguard airlines, flight 815, a Boeing 737, was enroute from mci to dal, when a smoke alarm sounded in the forward lavatory. No emergency…
- [Incident 19980919039359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980919039359I), Sep 19, 1998: Boeing 737200 (N5WM), Minneapolis, MN. (-5) #1 Engine start valve open light came on during climbout, engine shut down per procedures listed in quick reference handbook, aircraft returned to msp and…

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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