# Incident 20080424833669I: Boeing 747243B, Wichita, KS, April 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2008, 10:55 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UIEA
- 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: N540MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540MC-2011-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-243B (registry code 1384830, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-243b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-50 series (registry code 30018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-50-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747243B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080424833669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 24, 2008, AT 1055 LOCAL TIME, THE FLIGHT CREW FOR ATLAS WORLD INC. OPERATING A 747-243B AS FLIGHT #GT 8836, WHILE ENROUTE FROM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA (LAX) TO MCGUIRE AFB, NEW JERSEY, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A #1 FIRE ALARM, AND TWO SMOKE DETECTORS ALARM ALERTS FOR THE CARGO BAY AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE EMERGENCY THE FLIGHT ENGINEER WAS SENT INTO THE CARGO BAY OF THE AIRCRAFT TO INSPECT FOR SIGNS OF SMOKE AND FIRE; AFTER INSPECTING, THE FLIGHT ENGINEER REPORTED NO SIGN SMOKE OR FIRE DETECTED. THE FLIGHT CREW WAS THEN TOLD BY COMPANY PERSONNEL TO DIVERT TO THE WICHITA, KANSAS, MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT (KICT) WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT 1105 LOCAL TIME, AND WAS MET BY AIRPORT SAFETY ALONG WITH FIRE AND RESCUE VEHICLES FOR LANDING.

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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