# Incident 20080628839649I: Airbus A319131, Wichita, KS, June 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2008, 00:07 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- 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: N801UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N801UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A319-131 (registry code 3930317, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319131
- People aboard: 121
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 202 in this make and model, 181 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080628839649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT CREW OF UNITED FLIGHT 651, FORM CHICAGO, IL (ORD) TO SAN DIEGO CA (SAN), WITH 117 PASSENGERS AND CREW NOTED THE SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AT 0507Z.  THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO WICHITA, KS (ICT) AND LANDED AT 0533Z WITH THE FIRE EQUIPMENT STANDING BY.  THE AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY 1L AND TAXIED TO RUNWAY 14/32 WHERE THE CAPTIAN ELECTED TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT.  EMERGENCY SLIDES AT THE FRONT TWO EXITS L1 AND R1 WERE DEPLOYED BY THE CREW AND THE EVACUATION OCCURRED THROUGH THOSE TWO EXITS.  DURING THE EVACUATION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL AND IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE DANGER OF FIRE.  ALL PASSENGERS WERE ASKED IF MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NEEDED AND NONE WAS SOUGHT.  THE PASSENGERS WERE BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL.  THE WICHITA FSDO WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT.  THE OFFICE MANAGER DISCOVERED THE FACT THAT IT HAD OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN HOURS POST INCIDENT.  THE CMO COMPLETED THE AAI SMOKE/FUMES/FIRE DATA COLLECTION TOOL.

## Other reports on N801UA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110509010859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110509010859A), May 9, 2011: Airbus Industrie A319-131 (N801UA), Kirksville, MO, No damage. Flight crew was aware during preflight of possible turbulence for route of flight in southern Colorado and northern new Mexico. The aircraft weather radar was…
- [Incident 20040105000079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040105000079I), Jan 5, 2004: Airbus A319131 (N801UA), Kansas City, MO. (-23) United airlines flight 1571, aircraft N801UA, an A-319-131, landed at mci from ord at approximately 22:30L. While taxiing, due to a heavy layer of ice on…

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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