# Incident 19960813027439I: Doug DC983, Wichita, KS, August 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1996, 10:13 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- 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: N9305N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9305N-2007-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217A
- People aboard: 112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960813027439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT N9305N, AN MD-180, EN ROUTE FROM ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI TO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, 40 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA AT 35K, NO. 1 ENGINE STARTED GETTING A COMPRESS STALL. THROTTLED BACK, STALL STOPPED. MOVED THROTTLE UP, STALL STARTED AGAIN. MOVED THROTTLE TO FLT. IDLE AND LANDED AT ICT WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND SOUND PROOFING AROUND EXHAUST DUCT COMING LOOSE AND CURLED TOWARD THE REAR. REPLACED ENGINE AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.

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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