# Incident 20000211002639I: Boeing 737247, Kansas City, MO, February 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2000, 06:15 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- 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: N237WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N237WA-2007-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737247
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D*
- People aboard: 119
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000211002639I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON 2-11-2000, DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 2585, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL DUE TO ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT REPORTED ON LOG PAGE 627630, THAT DURING CLIMBOUT, PASSING FLIGHT LEVEL 220, SMOKE FLOWING FROM BEHIND CAPTAINS SIDE AUTOPILOT SCOREBOARD. CAPTAINS SIDE AUDIO BOX INOP. ALL ANNUCIATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AFTER SMOKE. DELTA MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED AND DETERMINED THE ALTITUDE ALERT ANNUCIATOR LIGHT SHORTED INTERNALLY. THE SECTION 6 CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED DUE TO THE SHORT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SHORT CIRCUIT WAS CAUSED BY WATER LEAKING INTO THE COCKPIT THROUGH THE L-1 WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHEILD WAS RETORQUED PER THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL. LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD MANUFATER PART NUMBER 1-211-120 WAS REPLACED. ALL COCKKPIT LIGHTS, MASTER TEST/DIM LIGHTS, ALTITUDE ALERT LIGHTS OPERATED NORMALLY. THE AUDIO BOX WAS DETERMINED TO BE A SEPERATE PROBLEM AND WAS RECORDED UNDER ITEM 4 OF THE LOG BOOK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CE2000IAC021 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. REF PTRS #2000B0402

## Other reports on N237WA (3)

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

- [Incident 19901203063759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901203063759I), Dec 3, 1990: Boeing 737247 (N237WA), Jackson, MS. Electrical odor in cabin. Declared emergency and diverted for landing.
- [Incident 19901124061829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901124061829I), Nov 24, 1990: Boeing 737247 (N237WA), Newark, NJ. Pilot aborted takeoff due to nose wheel steering problem. Did not return to gate or write up in log.
- [Incident 19881028059949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881028059949I), Oct 28, 1988: Boeing 737247 (N237WA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Received bird strikes to both wings and copilot's windscreen on takeoff. Returned. Damage to slats and leading edge

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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