From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On may 5, 2003, northwest airlines (nwaa) flight 709, Great Falls, Montana (gtf) to kalispell, Montana (fca), declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit and returned to gtf and landed without incident at approximately 2315 LCL mountain time. Contract maintenance personnel from gtf inspected aircraft and, in conjunction with nwaa maintenance control, deferred the left air-conditioning pac. Aircraft departed approx. 2 hours later. This incident is considered closed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON MAY 5, 2003, NORTHWEST AIRLINES (NWAA) FLIGHT 709, GREAT FALLS, MONTANA (GTF) TO KALISPELL, MONTANA (FCA), DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND RETURNED TO GTF AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 2315 LCL MOUNTAIN TIME. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM GTF INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND, IN CONJUNCTION WITH NWAA MAINTENANCE CONTROL, DEFERRED THE LEFT AIR-CONDITIONING PAC. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED APPROX. 2 HOURS LATER. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.
Other reports on N943N · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.