Editing America West Airlines (section)

==Accidents and incidents==
America West had four in-flight incidents on its aircraft, but never had an accident resulting in a fatality. Two accidents resulted in hull loss [[write-off]]s.

{| class="wikitable"
! Flight
! Date
! Aircraft
! Location
! Descriptions
! Injuries
|-
| America West Airlines Flight 450
| December 30, 1989
| 737-200
| [[Tucson, Arizona]]
| A fire in the wheel well burned through hydraulic conduit; consequently, during landing, braking was ineffective and the aircraft overran the end of the runway. After colliding with a concrete structure, the plane came to a stop. The aircraft was written off. [https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20001213X29969&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=IA NTSB probable cause]
| 10 minor
|-
| America West Airlines Flight 727
| January 16, 1990
| 737-300
| [[Austin, Texas]]
| On January 16, 1990, America West Flight 727 was hijacked en route to Las Vegas from Houston. The hijacker forced the pilot to land the aircraft in Austin, Texas, so it could be refueled and flown to Cuba. Austin police overpowered and arrested the hijacker.
| none
|-
| [[America West Airlines Flight 556]]
| July 1, 2002
| A319-100
| [[Miami, Florida]]
| The flight was halted by the [[Transportation Security Administration]], [[air traffic control]] and local police after security agents notified supervisors that the pilots smelled of alcohol and acted belligerently. Sobriety tests showed that the pilots were legally intoxicated; they were fired by the airline the next day and eventually convicted of operating an aircraft while drunk.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Candiotti |first1=Susan |last2=Davis |first2=Patty |title=America West fires pilots accused of drinking |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/07/02/america.west.dui/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=July 3, 2002 |access-date=May 3, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=The Associated Press |title=Ex-airline pilots guilty of being drunk in cockpit |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8145656 |publisher=NBC News |date=June 8, 2005 |access-date=May 3, 2025}}</ref>
| none
|-
| America West Flight Airlines 794
| August 28, 2002
| A320-231
| [[Phoenix, Arizona]]
| The pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing, causing the aircraft to veer off the side of the runway onto a dirt infield, where the nose gear strut collapsed. The aircraft was written off. [https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20020913X01603&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=IA NTSB brief]
| {{nowrap|1 serious, 9 minor}}
|}