# Incident 20020323009069I: Airbus A319132, Kansas City, MO, March 23, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2002, 14:42 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMXA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N832AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N832AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A319-132 (registry code 3930340, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319132
- People aboard: 129
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020323009069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 23, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1442 CDT, AMERICA WEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 671, A AIRBUS 319, N832AW TOOK OFF FROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, (MCI) TO PHOENIX, ARIZONA, (PHX). BETWEEN SEVEN TO TEN MILES WEST OF MCI, AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD, WHICH CAUSED A RETURN TO MCI. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO GATE. AFTER INSPECTION BY AMERICA WEST MECHANICS, RADOME WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO PHX FOR FURTHER REPAIR. PASSENGER LOAD OF 124 WAS RECEIVED FROM AMERICA WEST BUT IS UNOFFICIAL DUE TO MISSING PAPERWORK. SELF DISCLOSURE HAS BEEN MADE TO FAA BY AMERICA WEST. INCIDENT^PRIVACY DATA O^ IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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