# Incident 20040223014929I: Boeing 757223, Wichita, KS, February 23, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2004, 16:29 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N681AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N681AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757223
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,004 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040223014929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT CREW OF ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE FORWARD CABIN, WHICH BECAME APPARENT IN THE COCKPIT ALONG WITH A "STANDBY INVERTER" ADVISORY. QRH PROCEDURES WERE ACCOMPLISHED AND AN EMERGENCY DIVERSION TO ICT (NEAREST SUITABLE) WAS INITIATED. ELECTRICAL FUMES/SMELL DISSIPATED AS THE INVERTER WAS ISOLATED FROM THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AT GATE. CABIN CREW AND PASSENGER INJURY SUMMARY NOT KNOWN BY ASI.

## Other reports on N681AA (1)

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

- [Incident 19961126043589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961126043589I), Nov 26, 1996: Boeing 757223 (N681AA), Washington, DC. Narrative: American airlines flight 189 pushed back from the gate, and the flight attempted to start the right engine of the B757. The driver of the pushback…

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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