# Incident 19990531018609I: Boeing 757, Wichita, KS, May 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1999, 20:45 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- 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: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 179 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990531018609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA FLIGHT #801 WAS OPERATING IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AT FL 390. PILOT REQUESTED FL 370. IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO TRAFFIC AND ATC ADVISED THAT, IF YOU WILL DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, WE CAN GIVE YOU AN IMMEDIATE DESCENT. THE PILOT THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY; HE WAS CLEARED TO A LOWER ALTITUDE. SEPARATION WAS LOST BETWEEN DELTA 801 AND UNITED 166 DURING THAT DESCENT. BECAUSE AN EMERGENCY EXISTED, NO FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY.

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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