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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · Wichita, KS · May 24, 2008

Date
May 24, 2008 · 07:37 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N255AA
Reported as
Doug DC982
People aboard
142
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,083 total1,109 in this make and model183 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On may 24, 2008, at 0730 local central time, the flight crew for American airlines, operating as flight nr 684 departing from Kansas city, Missouri intl. (Mci) to dallas/ft worth, Texas (dfw), diverted to Wichita Kansas (ict) due to smoke in cockpit and galley area. Emergency was declared. The aircraft had 142 souls onboard and 11,200 pound of fuel at the time of notification. All Wichita authority safety vehcile responed to their location for 19R runway. The aircraft landed on 19R runway and exited the runway at delta 4. It taxied to gate 5 on its own power. No damage to the aircraft or airport property. The probable cause of the smoke in the cockpit and galley area was due to an oven being turned on to fix captain's biscuits. Smoke moved from the front of the aircraft to the galley area. The elctrical power was tunred off and the smoke cleared the cockpit and galley areas.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 24, 2008, AT 0730 LOCAL CENTRAL TIME, THE FLIGHT CREW FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES, OPERATING AS FLIGHT NR 684 DEPARTING FROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI INTL. (MCI) TO DALLAS/FT WORTH, TEXAS (DFW), DIVERTED TO WICHITA KANSAS (ICT) DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND GALLEY AREA. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD 142 SOULS ONBOARD AND 11,200 POUND OF FUEL AT THE TIME OF NOTIFICATION. ALL WICHITA AUTHORITY SAFETY VEHCILE RESPONED TO THEIR LOCATION FOR 19R RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON 19R RUNWAY AND EXITED THE RUNWAY AT DELTA 4. IT TAXIED TO GATE 5 ON ITS OWN POWER. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND GALLEY AREA WAS DUE TO AN OVEN BEING TURNED ON TO FIX CAPTAIN'S BISCUITS. SMOKE MOVED FROM THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GALLEY AREA. THE ELCTRICAL POWER WAS TUNRED OFF AND THE SMOKE CLEARED THE COCKPIT AND GALLEY AREAS.