# Incident 19960723025289I: Boeing 727223, Kansas City, MO, July 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1996, 11:05 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N860AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N860AA-2002-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 145
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960723025289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AMERICAN AIRLINES FLT 1714 REPORTED FUMES IN THE COCKPIT WHILE PASSING 7500 FOLLOWING DEPARTURE OUT OF MCI. THE CREW REQUESTED AN IMMEDIATE CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO MCI. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. THERE WAS NO FIRE NOR SMOKE AT ANY TIME. THE CREW SMELLED FUMES THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE ELECTRICAL IN NATURE. THERE WAS NO EVACUATION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT FIND ANY SOURCE OF SMOKE OR FUMES. TWA MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE PROBLEM. THEY RAN ALL THREE ENGINES WITH AND WITHOUT THE PACKS ON. THE FUMES WERE DUPLICATED AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THE FUMES WERE COMING FROM THE AREA BEHIND THE PILOTS INSTRUMENT PANEL. FURTHER INVESTIGATION COULD NOT REVEAL WHICH WIRES WERE GETTING HOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO CHICAGO FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. THIS REPORT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N860AA (3)

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

- [Incident 19941010043179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941010043179I), Oct 10, 1994: Boeing 727223 (N860AA), Tooronto, CN, Minor damage. Starboard tires blew out on crosswind landing. Port tires blew due heavy braking. Slid sideways. Fire in main gear.
- [Incident 19810405033349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810405033349I), Apr 5, 1981: Boeing 727 (N860AA), Paris, TX. Required priority ATC handling due to minimum fuel state.
- [Incident 19790102001129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790102001129I), Jan 2, 1979: Boeing 727 (N860AA), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. Tail skid damaged on rotation. Overrotation due to trailing edge flap malfunction.

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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