- Registered owner
- Federal Express Corp
- Location
- Memphis, TN
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 657
- Year built
- 1992
- Type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine
- Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness
- Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date
- September 21, 2005
- Certificate issued
- April 8, 2005
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Mode S code
- A9C57C
Airbus Industrie A300 B4-622RTCDS A35EUAirframe · Airbus Industrie A300 B4-622RTCDS E24NEEngine · Pratt & Whitney PW4158
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 340
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1974 | 1 |
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| 1981 | 1 |
| 1989 | 6 |
| 1990 | 7 |
| 1991 | 3 |
| 1992 | 8 |
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1994 | 7 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1996 | 12 |
| 1997 | 11 |
| 1998 | 30 |
| 1999 | 12 |
| 2000 | 23 |
| 2001 | 23 |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | 7 |
| 2004 | 21 |
| 2005 | 15 |
| 2006 | 22 |
| 2007 | 20 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2011 | 19 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 16 |
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 14 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 |
Airframe · Airbus Industrie A300 B4-622R
AD 2026-13-02NavigationAD 2025-23-02WingsAD 2025-19-09Time Limits/Maintenance ChecksInformation bulletins that may apply · 9
Advisory, not mandatory.
Airframe · Airbus Industrie A300 B4-622R
SAIB NE-19-03Escape Slide Maintenance Tasks and Intervals - JASC 2565SAIB NM-09-03Engine Fuel and Control - Implementing Fuel Tank System Airworthiness LimitationsSAIB NM-08-31Equipment/Furnishings: Non-Textile FloorsSAIB NM-06-57Reports of damage to airplanes and to property on the ground caused by blue or clear ice falling from airplanes.Engine · Pratt & Whitney PW4158
SAIB 2025-06High Pressure TurbinesSAIB NE-19-02Turbine Engine Compressor Section -- Low-pressure turbine uncontainmentSAIB NE-16-01R1Turbine SectionSAIB NE-15-19Turbine SectionSAIB NE-13-31Turbine Engine Oil System Scavenge Oil Tube Coking and Proper Cleaning at OverhaulHistorical bulletins · 1
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N729FDMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Airbus Industrie A300 B4-622R aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N729FDMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Airbus Industrie A300 B4-622R aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 225
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR FDEA202512162258Actuator · failedLOUD THUD UPON GEAR EXTENSION COMING FROM NOSE WHEEL AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND AND THEN IT TOOK AN EVEN LONGER TIME FOR THE MAIN GEAR TO EXTEND WITH A THUD SOUND THEN ALL 3 WERE EVENTUALLY GREEN. (ABNORMALLY LONG, AND NOT IN SEQSDR FDEA202508021355Thermocouple · failedAFTER TAKEOFF, HAD FLUXING VIBRATION ON CLIMB OUT. MONITORED INSTRUMENTS AND NOTHING WAS OUT OF LIMITS. UPON REACHING APPROXIMATELY 18000, NOTICED ATS LEVERS KICKED OFF. FOLLOWED ECAM AND RESET. INFORMED GOC AND MOCC INFLIGHT. NOTICED EGT ON NUMBER TWOSDR FDEA202505290819Mechanism · fodL1 DOOR UNABLE TO BE ARMED. RELEASED FOR SERVICE PER MEL : 52-11-01-01 CREW ENTRY DOOR ESCAPE SLIDE L1 INOP. SLIDE REMAINS INSTALLED ON DOOR. MEL: 52-11-01-01 VERIFIED DOOR CLOSED AND LOCKED. OK TO CONTINUE. FOUND DEBRIS IN GRIT BAR FLOOR LATCH, CLE
See all 225 reportsSTCs that may be installed · 162
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Airbus Industrie A300 B4-622R
STC ST00885LAInstallation of fire extinguisher cartridges as replacements for Pacific Scientific fire extinguisher cartridges in fire extinguisher bottles.STC ST00952LAInstallation of Mass Systems fire extinguisher cartridges as replacements for Kidde fire extinguisher cartridges in fire extinguisher bottles.STC SA5040NMInstallation of cargo pallet and net.