# Incident 20030818020649I: Boeing 7572B7, Kansas City, MO, August 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2003, 17:45 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N626AU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7572B7
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030818020649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 18, 2003 US AIRWAYS FLIGHT 634 A B757 ADVISED A.T.C. OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND WAS DIVERTING TO MCI. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, THE A/C LANDED W/O INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE CONCLUDED THAT THE STATIC INVERTER WAS THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE AND SMELL. THE INVERTER WAS REPLACED PER THE 757 M/M 24-33-03. CLEARED EICAS MSG. STATIC INVERTER OPS. CKD. OK. A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS 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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