# Incident 19970130002699I: Doug DC982, Kansas City, MO, January 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1997, 17:29 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N578AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N578AA-2018-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 145
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970130002699I

## Narrative

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

ON CLIMBOUT WIND NOISE FROM PILOT WINDOW. RETURNED. DEBRIS IN WINDOW TRACK. CLEANED AND REPLACED.

## Other reports on N578AA (2)

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

- [Incident 20000614033509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000614033509I), Jun 14, 2000: Doug DC982 (N578AA), Albuquerque, NM. (-23)American flight 537 inbound to abq, reported unsafe landing gear indication on approach to runway 8. Declared emergency, made go-around, verified gear…
- [Incident 19990622016779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990622016779I), Jun 22, 1999: Doug DC982 (N578AA), Bakersfield, CA. Captain vise did the aircraft preflight walk around. He noted that the station ground cart was producing considerable smoke and fumes as it handled the…

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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