# Incident 20020726027129I: Boeing 737230, Kansas City, MO, July 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2002, 09:46 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N122NJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N122NJ-2004-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-230 (registry code 1384401, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-230) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737230
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 115
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020726027129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 26, 2002, VANGUARD AIRLINES, FLT. 842 REPORTED TO ATC OF A FOUL SMELL IN THE CABIN DUE TO A BIRDSTRIKE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE A/C LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE CONCLUDED THAT A BIRD STRUCK THE RADOME WITH FEATHERS BEING INGESTED INTO THE AIR-CONDITIONING INLET DUCTS. AN INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER 737 MM 5-51-201 WITH NO DAMAGE FOUND, ADDITIONALLY A HEAVY WEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER 737 MM 5-51-291 WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N122NJ (3)

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

- [Incident 20020301008319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020301008319I), Mar 1, 2002: Boeing 737230 (N122NJ), Kansas City, MO. (-23) Vanguard flight 400 reported shaking in the aircraft. Returned to mci to check out problem and landed without incident at 1630Z. Flight attendant…
- [Incident 20001210021379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001210021379I), Dec 10, 2000: Boeing 737230 (N122NJ), Kansas City, MO. (-23)On December 10, 2000, at approx. 2130 CDT, vanguard airlines flight VGD625, a Boeing 737, N122NJ, left Kansas City International Airport, Kansas City, MO.…
- [Incident 19990920027469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990920027469I), Sep 20, 1999: Boeing 737230 (N122NJ), Kansas City, MO. (-23) After takeoff numerous annunciators and master caution lights illuminated. Aircraft returned to mci and landed without incident, no emergency was…

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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