# Incident 20080501833679I: Doug DC873F, Wichita, KS, May 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2008, 06:50 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IXXA
- 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: N606AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N606AL-2014-10-06) (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: 13,986 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/20080501833679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 1, 2008, AT 0650 LOCAL TIME, THE FLIGHT CREW FOR AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL LLC, OPERATING AS FLIGHT NO. 802, A DC-8-73F, TAIL NUMBER N606AF, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHILE ENROUTE FROM TOLEDO, OHIO (KTOL) TO LOS ANGELES, CAL (LAX), DUE TO A NUMBER 3 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL INDICATION (ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATION). THE FLIGHT CREW DIVERTED TO WICHITA, KS (ICT) WHERE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE DISPATCHED; THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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