# Incident 20000528017089I: Doug DC982, Wichita, KS, May 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2000, 11:05 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- 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: N954U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N954U-2021-09-04) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000528017089I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT N954U ENROUTE ABQ TO STL EXPERIENCED A CRACKED F/O OUTER WINDSHIELD. DIVERTED TO ICT AS A PRECAUTION.  MAINTENANCE MANUAL STATES THAT YOU CAN FLY WITH OUTER EINDSHIELD CRACKED.  MAINTENANCE CONTROL HAD MECHANIC FORM EXECUTIVE AIRCRAFT LOOK AT WINDSHIELD.  MEL'D PER THE MEL, PLACARDED AND CONTINUED FLIGHT.  ON ARRIVAL AT STL, MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED F/O OUTER WINDSHIELD AND HEATER CONTROL.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERIVCE.

## Other reports on N954U (2)

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

- [Incident 20100505033259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100505033259I), May 5, 2010: Mcdonnell D DC-9-82(MD- (N954U), Bronx, NY, Minor damage. Reference log page 11084174: left engine failed after takeoff. Engine failed right after selecting climb power and a loud bang. Flight time from off to on was…
- [Accident 19941122038712A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941122038712A), Nov 22, 1994: Doug DC982 (N954U), St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. On takeoff runway 30R collided with aircraft on wrong runway holding. Tower unable note plane on wrong runway.

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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