# Incident 20080204010809I: Boeing 767322, Kansas City, MO, February 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2008, 09:40 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N677UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N677UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-322 (registry code 1385200, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767322
- People aboard: 245
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080204010809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 2/04/2008 AT 15:40Z, UALA FLIGHT 871 ENROUTE FROM IAD TO SFO REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTING TO MCI DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE SMOKE APPEARED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ODOR AND SEEMED TO COME FROM THE SEAT 12D AND 12E AREA. ALL CABIN POWER WAS ISOLATED ALONG WITH THE RECIRCULATION AND GALLEY FANS. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, ARFF WAS ON STAND-BY, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UAL MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE ELECTRICAL ODOR. ON FEBRUARY 5, 2008, UALA SENT TWO MECHANICS TO MCI TO FURTHER TROUBLESHOOT AND LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE. THEY INSPECTED AND OPERATED THE ENGINES, APU AND RELATED FANS. NO SMOKE WAS NOTED. A VERIFICATION FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED FROM MCI TO ORD. NO SMOKE WAS NOTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. AIRCRAFT N677UA HAS NO HISTORY OF "SMOKE"/"FUMES"/"FIRE" INCIDENTS OR DISCREPANCIES. THIS INCIDENT WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE UALA CASS PROGRAM TO DETERMINE THE ROOT-CAUSE. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS 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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