# Incident 20050512007219I: Boeing 717200, Kirksville, MO, May 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2005, 23:20 local time
- Place: Kirksville, MO
- Airport: Kirksville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 39.9667° N, 94.5833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9667&lon=-94.5833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N910ME (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717200
- People aboard: 79
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,850 total, 203 in this make and model, 203 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05MA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05MA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050512007219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/12/2005 MIDWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 490, A/C N910ME, FROM KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KMCI) ENROUTE TO RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (KDCA) WAS IN CLIMB AT APPROXIMATELY 23000 FEET AND NAVIGATING AROUND TURBULENT WEATHER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ALTITUDE LOSS OF 1000 FEET IN A MATTER OF A FEW SECONDS. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH LARGE PITCH VARIATIONS. THE FLIGHT CREW GOT THE AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTROL, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT KIRKSVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (KIRK). THE COCKPIT "ENGINE AND ALERT DISPLAY" (EAD) HAD A "CONTROL DISCONNECT" AMONG OTHER INDICATIONS. A GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE ONLY NOTICEABLE EXTERIOR DAMAGE WAS A SMALL SCAR ON THE TAIL CONE, WHICH WAS WHERE A LIGHTNING STRIKE HAD EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE ENTRY OF THE LIGHTNING STRIKE COULD NOT BE DTERMINED. AN INSPECTION AND TESTING OF THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND CONTROLS FOUND NO MALFUNCTIONS. THE NTSB IS CONTINUING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT. THE NTSB INCIDENT NUMBER IS ^PRIVACY DAT^

## 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 NYC05MA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05MA083), May 13, 2005: Boeing 717-200 (N910ME), Union Star, MO, incident, no damage. Probable cause: A loss of reliable airspeed indication due to an accumulation of ice on the air data/pitot sensors. Contributing to the incident was the flight crew's improper response to the erroneous airspeed…

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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