last update: August 10, 2008

 

 

N904AW

23566/0096
 
Roll out 20/03/1986

 

First flight 17/04/1986
Type 2S7 (ET)
Engines Rolls Royce RB211-535E4
Selcal JK-EH
Configuration F14Y176
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Photos photo 1      

 

Date

Registration

 Remarks
19/05/1986 N604RC del Republic Airlines in basic Northwest c/s, red Republic titles & white fin with Republic in red (N604RC had originally Northwest fin markings).
19/05/1986 N604RC bt Tri-Continental Leasing Company.
19/05/1986 N604RC lt Republice Airlines.
11/06/1986 N604RC rgd to Wilmington Trust Company.
15/10/1986 N604RC merged with Northwest Airlines.
01/05/1987 N604RC ret Tri-Continental Leasing Company.
04/05/1987 N604RC lt America West Airlines.
16/09/1987 N904AW America West Airlines; '904'; re-rgd.
17/05/1996 N904AW r/o at Phoenix in special "Arizona Diamondbacks" c/s.
20/09/1999 N904AW on a flight from Los Angeles to Phoenix the aircraft had completed a 360-degree turn for sequencing west of Arlin intersection as directed by Albuquerque Center, and was preparing fro the Arlin 1 arrival; the first flight attendent said she felt a few "bumps" about the time the 360-degree turn was completed; having felt what she thought might might be turbulence, she sat down and fastened her seat belt; the aircraft was cleared out of FL240 fro 13,000 feet and was descending at a rate of about 4,000 fpm; Albuquerque Center issued a traffic advisory for traffic at 12 o'clock and passing 1,000 feet below; the traffic was being displayed on the traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) indicator as an amber traffic alert (T/A) symbol showing -1700 warning; as the traffic disappeared from the TCAS indicator, a GWPS "terrain, terrain, whoop, whoop, pull up" warning was received; without hesitation, the first officer executed the escape maneuver as the aural warnings sounded continuously; he looked briefly at the captain who said, "Let's do it"; he increased power to maximum thrust and pitched the nose up to about 8 degrees; the aircraft began a climb at 3,400 fpm; as he reached FL270, the aural warning ceased and the aircraft entered visual meteorological conditions; s he leveled the aircraft, the captain advised Albuquerque Center that they had received a GPWS warning and responded; Albuquerque Center asked if it was a TCAS alert to which they answered "no"; Albuqueque told them to descend and maintain FL240; as the aircraft began its descent with a vertical speed of about 300 to 500 fpm, the GWPS resumed the same aural warning with an occasional "sink rate"; the volume level of the warning made communications in the cockpit difficult and it was silenced only after the first officer pulled the circuit breaker; the uninjured flight attendant went to the rear of the aircraft and saw the injured flight attendants; she went forward and informed the captain that the flight attendants in the rear of the aircraft were injured; he asked her to determine the extent of the injuries; she returned and informed him that the flight attendants had broken bones and that two appeared to be going into shock; the captain declared a medical emercency and requested that the equipment be standing by pending their arrival; the aircraft received priority handling while the captain executed the visual approach to runway 26R and taxied to gate A14; paramedics were standing by and all four injured flight attendants were transported to area hospitals, treated, and released.
13/03/2003 N904AW struck a jetway at Cleveland during pushback; excent of the damage is not yet known.
27/09/2005 N904AW America West Airlines merged with US Airways into US Airways.
26/11/2006 N904AW ferried Roswell-Phoenix as AWE9248 in 2005 US Airways c/s & US Airways titles.