# Incident 20061221027149I: Boeing 7373Q8, Wichita, KS, December 21, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2006, 07:30 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: N662SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N662SW-2014-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3Q8 (registry code 138447V, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3q8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373Q8
- People aboard: 90
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061221027149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 21, 2006, THE FLIGHT CREW FOR SOUTHWEST AIRLINES INC., OPERATING AS FLIGHT 1787, DEPARTING OKLAHOMA CITY, (OKC) FOR HOUSTON, TEXAS, (IAH), OBSERVED THE #1 TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED OUT. THE FLIGHT CREW THEN SMELLED FUMES IN THE COCKPIT AND GOT FORWARD CARGO FIRE LIGHT. THE FLIGHT CREW DISCHARGED THE FIRE BOTTLE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE WICHITA FIRE UNITS RESPONDED TO THE EMERGENCY WHILE AIRCRAFT N662SW APPROACHED FOR LANDING. AIRCRAFT N662SW WAS LANDED SAFELY WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N662SW (2)

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

- [Accident 20040410030069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040410030069A), Apr 10, 2004: Boeing 7373Q8 (N662SW), St Louis, MO. (-23) On April 10, 2004, at approx. 1835 CDT, southwest 2038, a Boeing 737 (N662SW), encountered turbulence while enroute to the st. Louis international…
- [Incident 19950518014249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950518014249I), May 18, 1995: Boeing 7373Q8 (N662SW), Moses Lake, WA, Minor damage. Taxi test for hud display NR1 and 4 ttires lost recaps and blew tires were overheated due side loads on test run.

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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