# Incident 20130108000329I: Airbus A319-114, Oklahoma City, OK, January 8, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2013, 23:45 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Will Rogers World
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4676&lon=-97.5164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N352NB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N352NB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A319-114 (registry code 3940002, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319-114
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130108000329I

## Narrative

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

DELTA AIR LINES FLIGHT #8843 WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED AS A DEADHEAD FLIGHT FROM WACO, TX TO LANSING, MI. BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM WACO, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS COMPLAINED OF A "MANURE-LIKE" ODOR ALONG WITH A SLIGHT HAZE IN THE CABIN. THE PILOTS TURNED OFF THE APU BLEED AND THE ODOR SEEMED TO DISSIPATE. THEN AFTER TAKEOFF AND DURING CLIMBOUT, THE ODOR RETURNED AND BEGAN TO GET QUITE STRONG, WHICH MADE ALL THREE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PHYSICALLY SICK ALONG WITH NAUSEA, BURNING EYES AND THROAT. ALL THREE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS BEGAN USING PORTABLE OXYGEN. THE PILOTS THEN ELECTED TO DIVERT TO OKLAHOMA CITY, OK AND EVENTUALLY DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT OKLAHOMA CITY AND TAXIED TO THE FBO. ALL THREE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND THE FIRST OFFICER WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION/OBSERVATION. AFTER AN HOUR, ALL CREWMEMBERS WERE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND FELT MUCH BETTER. TO DATE, NO CAUSE HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN THIS INCIDENT. IT IS SPECULATED THAT A STRONG ODOR WAS INGESTED INTO THE CABIN WHILE ON THE GROUND AT WACO AND BECAME PRESENT AGAIN DURING CLIMBOUT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO HISTORY OF SUCH AN EVENT AND HAS SINCE BEEN FLYING WITHOUT ANY RECURRENCE.

## Other reports on N352NB (1)

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

- [Incident 20050831025079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050831025079I), Aug 31, 2005: Airbus A319114 (N352NB), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. (-23) Approaching gate, the safety zone was not clear of the jet bridge. Marshaller failed to stop aircraft on correct line. Also, flight crew failed to…

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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