# Incident 20080524838429I: Doug DC982, Wichita, KS, May 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2008, 07:37 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N255AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N255AA-2015-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 142
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,083 total, 1,109 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080524838429I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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