20081217853629I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · Wichita, KS · December 17, 2008

Date
December 17, 2008 · 14:20 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N443AA
Reported as
Doug DC982
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D219
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total12,000 in this make and model225 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.

This is a second incident reported by ATCT regarding smoke and fumes in the cabin of N443AA, the same day, but a later flight. See incident report privacy data omitted, for the first incident. Shortly after 2:00 pm, N443AA departed ict for dfw for this second flight with only the flight crew and cabin crew on board. Passengers had been placed on another flight after the first incident around noon the day. The same smoke & fumes developed in the cabin. The decision was made to return to ict. An emergency was declared. After this second event, the aircraft was removed from service and aala maintenance personnel were sent to ict to recover the aircraft. The aircraft was subsequently flown to dfw on special flight permit for further maintenance action.

As the FAA filed it

THIS IS A SECOND INCIDENT REPORTED BY ATCT REGARDING SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE CABIN OF N443AA, THE SAME DAY, BUT A LATER FLIGHT. SEE INCIDENT REPORT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FOR THE FIRST INCIDENT. SHORTLY AFTER 2:00 PM, N443AA DEPARTED ICT FOR DFW FOR THIS SECOND FLIGHT WITH ONLY THE FLIGHT CREW AND CABIN CREW ON BOARD. PASSENGERS HAD BEEN PLACED ON ANOTHER FLIGHT AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT AROUND NOON THE DAY. THE SAME SMOKE & FUMES DEVELOPED IN THE CABIN. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO ICT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AFTER THIS SECOND EVENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND AALA MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE SENT TO ICT TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FLOWN TO DFW ON SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT FOR FURTHER MAINTENANCE ACTION.