# Incident 20001025031419I: Doug DC982, Kansas City, MO, October 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2000, 14:08 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N7543A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7543A-2015-09-24) (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
- People aboard: 127
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001025031419I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 10-25-00, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400, AMERICAN AIRLINES MD-82, FLIGHT 1723, DECLARED A EMERGENCY SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL (MCI), DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE CREW REPORTED THEIR CONCERN ON LG PAGES 5471825.  THEY REPORTED BAD ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT AFTER TAKEOFF.  VERY STRONG AT ROW 27.  FOLLOWED CABIN FIRE/SMOKE PROCEDURE.  SMELL DID NOT DISSIPATE.  RETURNED TO MCI.  THE RETURN INDUCED AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING RECORDED ON THE SAME LOG PAGE.  AMERICAN SENT MECHANICS TO MCI AND  THEY REPORTED INSPECTING THE CEILING LIGHTS BOTH FIXTURES AND BALLAST.  NO DISCREPENCIES NOTED.  PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF AFT GALLEY AND FIXTURES, BOTH PACKS, AND AIRFOIL HEAT.  SEAT POWER PORT ALL WORK NORMALLY. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM OK FOR FURTHER SERVICE.  THE OVER WEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY TWA CONTRACT MECHANICS.  INCIDENT CE2001IAC008 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE FILING OF 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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