# Incident 20030510011579I: Doug MD83, Kansas City, MO, May 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2003, 18:05 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZW0A
- 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: N9420D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9420D-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83 (registry code 3023681, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD83
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,803 total, 1,777 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030510011579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AA FLIGHT 2975 STL-MCI ON DESCENT FOR LANDING AT MCI, ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AT FL 200.

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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