# Incident 20050428007989I: Doug MD11, Anchorage, AK, April 28, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2005, 08:22 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WRLA
- Location: 61.1744° N, 149.9964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1744&lon=-149.9964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N277WA-2015-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 (registry code 3023602, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD11
- People aboard: 203
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05IA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05IA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050428007989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 04-28-2005--FLIGHT 8278--MD-11 MILITARY CHARTER: TODAY AT 0822 LOCAL TIME A WORLD AIRWAYS MD-11 PASSENGER FLIGHT FROM SEOUL TO SEATTLE DIVERTED INTO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA DUE TO LIGHT SMOKE AND SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE PANEL HOLDING THE COCKPIT DOOR LOCKING SOLENOID AND FOUND ABOUT ONE INCH OF THE PLASTIC WIRE MESHING ON ONE OF THE WIRES MISSING AND THE ENDS MELTED FROM HEAT. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE DOOR LATCH DID NOT COMPLETELY EXTEND WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED AND THE SOLENOID OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE PLASTIC WIRE MESHING ON ONE OF THE WIRES CAUSING THE LIGHT HAZE OF SMOKE AND SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. NTSB INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS ON-SCENE, TOOK PHOTOS OF THE WIRES, AND DECIDED THIS WOULD BE AN INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT REPORT WILL BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE NTSB INCIDENT REPORT ONCE IT IS AVAILABLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC05IA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05IA064), Apr 28, 2005: McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (N277WA), Anchorage, AK, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The inadequate installation of the cockpit security door locking device, which resulted in smoke in the cockpit during normal cruise, and a precautionary landing. A factor associated with the…

## Other reports on N277WA (2)

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

- [Incident 20010826021789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010826021789I), Aug 26, 2001: Doug MD11 (N277WA), New York, NY, Minor damage. (-23) While maneuvering to park on hardstand #79 (iat ramp at jfk), the left winglet of aircraft N277WA made contact with the roof of a planemate parked along…
- [Incident 19981107042649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981107042649I), Nov 7, 1998: Doug MD11 (N277WA), Norfolk, VA, Substantial damage. (-5)After landing, aircraft taxied onto uncontrolled ramp for parking. Marshallers planned wide 180 degree turn for aircraft. Aircraft made tight turn…

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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