# Incident 20010115002309I: Boeing 737232, Kansas City, MO, January 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2001, 07:15 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: 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: N324DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N324DL-2007-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-232 (registry code 1384475, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737232
- People aboard: 87
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010115002309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA AIRLINES, FLIGHT 2859, DEPARTED MCI AT 0715. AT 0716, DELTA FLIGHT 2589 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ADVISED THE TOWER THEY NEEDED TO RETURN DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT 0719, STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY AND THE PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE EVACUATED. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT SMOKE WAS CAUSED BY THE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND THERE WAS NO FIRE. MAINTENANCE FOUND LEFT PACK MIX CHAMBER DUCT BLOWN AND DISTRIBUTION DUCT DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BOTH DUCTS AND LEAK CHECKED OK PER M/M 21-00. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INCIDENT #CE02001IAC021 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N324DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19960307006309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960307006309I), Mar 7, 1996: Boeing 737232 (N324DL), Little Rock, AR. Narrative: history of flight: on March 7, 1996, a Boeing 737-232, N324DL, flight 1889, departed memphis, TN, enroute to Little Rock, AR. Upon landing at Adams…

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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