# Incident 19990910027349I: Doug DC982, Kansas City, MO, September 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1999, 12:09 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N472AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N472AA-2018-03-01) (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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990910027349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/10/99, AMERICAN AIRLINES (AALA) FLIGHT #1546 DEPARTED KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCI), MO EN ROUTE TO CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ORD), IL. DURING CLIMB, THE CREW OBSERVED AN AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU) FIRE WARNING LIGHT INDICATION.  AS A PRECAUTION, THE CREW RETURNED BACK TO MCI WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE REPLACED APU FIRE DETECTION LOOP AND THE A2-8 AMPLIFIER AS CORRECTIVE ACTION.  AN OPERATIONAL CHECK PERFORMED BY MAINTENANCE WAS NORMAL AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES OF THE FIRE WARNING SYSTEM FOR THIS AIRCRAFT NOTED FROM 07/11/99 THROUGH 07/20/99.  THIS INCIDENT NUMBER CE1999IAC0093 IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N472AA (2)

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

- [Incident 20140728011339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140728011339I), Jul 28, 2014: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (N472AA), Omaha, NE, No damage. On July 28, 2014 , at approximately 18:40 CDT, American airlines MD-82, N472AA, flight AAL2323, oma to dfw was 15 miles north west of Omaha Nebraska climbing…
- [Incident 19900612030649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900612030649I), Jun 12, 1990: Doug DC982 (N472AA), Omaha, NE. Cabin began to depressurize. Emergency descent and diverted for landing. Masks had deployed.

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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