# Incident 20021218034689I: Airbus A320212, Kansas City, MO, December 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2002
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- 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: N338NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N338NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-212 (registry code 3930322, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320212
- Reported engine: CFMINT CFM565A3
- People aboard: 147
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021218034689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DEC. 18, 2002 NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLT. 881 AN A-320 ADVISED A.T.C. OF A RIGHT HAND ENGINE OIL LOSS PROBLEM AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO MCI. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE EMERGENCY WAS CANCELLED. MAINTENANCE CONCLUDED AFTER INSPECTING THE ENGINE PLUMBING AND BORESCOPING THE ENGINE, RUNNING THE ENGINE AT POWER ALL PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL THAT THERE WAS AND INDICATION PROBLEM. THE ENGINE OIL QUANTITY SYSTEM WAS PLACARDED PER 79-31-01, PLACARD NUMBER 919148. ADDITIONALLY AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. MAINTENANCE CONTROL WAS ADVISED OF THE NECESSARY PARTS REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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