# Incident 20170315002099I: Boeing- 737-484, Louisville, KY, March 15, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2017, 13:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Louisville International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BJNA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N430XA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N430XA-2025-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-484 (registry code 13844KV, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-484) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-3C1 (registry code 13077, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-3c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING- 737-484
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,106 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170315002099I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 15, 2017, XTRA AIRWAYS N430XA, FLT #8245 ENROUTE FROM ORLANDO, FL. (MCO) TO WATERLOO, IN. (ALO) EXPERIENCED AND REPORTED A RAPID DECOMPRESSION AT FLIGHT LEVEL 360.  THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED INTO LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SDF).  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  FLIGHT 8245 WAS A NON-REVENUE (NO PASSENGERS), FERRY FLIGHT.

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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