# Incident 20041013030169I: Doug DC873F, Wichita, KS, October 13, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2004, 00:50 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DHLA
- 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: N801DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801DH-2017-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-73F (registry code 302199F, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-73f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC873F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041013030169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 13, 2004, DHS ASTAR AIR CARGO INC. FLIGHT NO. 102, WHILE IN CRUISE PHASE OF FLIGHT AFTER DEPARTING SFO TO CVG DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A FIRE WARNING INDICATION ON THE #1 ENGINE. THE CREW PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY CHECK LIST PROCEDURE AND DIVERTED TO ICT TO LAND. THE FIRE WARNING PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE DESCENT/LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT, AND THE CREW DISPERSED THE #1 ENGINE INBOARD & OUTBOARD FIRE BOTTLES PER CHECK LIST. EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE DISPATCHED UPON LANDING, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N801DH (1)

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

- [Incident 20050810020289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050810020289I), Aug 10, 2005: Doug DC873F (N801DH), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Comm cntr notified the duty accident ASI at approx. 1830L that a dhl, DC-8, reg. No. N801DH, had lost power on the #1 engine and upon landing the…

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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