# Incident 20000218002999I: Boeing 737230, Kansas City, MO, February 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2000, 19:10 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: P2EA
- 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: N123NJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737230
- People aboard: 93
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000218002999I

## Narrative

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

AIR CARRIER INBOUND TO MCI FROM DENVER REPORTED LIGHTING STRIKE, 20 MILES NE OF MCI. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MCI WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  VANGUARD MECHANICS ACCOMPLISHED LIGHTING STIKE INSPECTION I.A.W 53-30-3.  FOUND VERY MINOR BURNS FROM STATION 178-227.  PLACED ON C/I #P23535 AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.  THIS INCIDENT #CE2000ISC024 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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