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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · EMB ERJ170100SU · Wichita, KS · May 23, 2008

Date: May 23, 2008 · 10:18 local
Place: Wichita, KS
Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: R61A
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N826MD
Reported as: EMB ERJ170100SU
People aboard: 68
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 60,206 total637 in this make and model206 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) On may 23, 2008, at 1018 local central time, the flight crew for frontier airlines (dba of republic airlines inc), operating as flight nr 4713 departing from indianapolis, Indiana (ind) to denver, Colorado (den), diverted to Wichita Kansas (ict) due to smoke in cockpit area. An emergency was declared. The aircraft had 65 passengers onboard. Wichita airport authority safety vehicles responed to their location for 19R runway. The aircraft landed safely on 19R runway and taxied to gate 1. The aircraft was inspected by a Wichita airlines maintenance contract mechanic. There was no smoke or fire visible in the cockpit but an odor of an electrical short was present. The pilot stated that the multi-function display unit black out and the odor then took place inside the cockpit of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 23, 2008, AT 1018 LOCAL CENTRAL TIME, THE FLIGHT CREW FOR FRONTIER AIRLINES (DBA OF REPUBLIC AIRLINES INC), OPERATING AS FLIGHT NR 4713 DEPARTING FROM INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (IND) TO DENVER, COLORADO (DEN), DIVERTED TO WICHITA KANSAS (ICT) DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT AREA. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD 65 PASSENGERS ONBOARD. WICHITA AIRPORT AUTHORITY SAFETY VEHICLES RESPONED TO THEIR LOCATION FOR 19R RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON 19R RUNWAY AND TAXIED TO GATE 1. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY A WICHITA AIRLINES MAINTENANCE CONTRACT MECHANIC. THERE WAS NO SMOKE OR FIRE VISIBLE IN THE COCKPIT BUT AN ODOR OF AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WAS PRESENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY UNIT BLACK OUT AND THE ODOR THEN TOOK PLACE INSIDE THE COCKPIT OF THE AIRCRAFT.