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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727200 · Raleigh-Durham, NC · March 16, 1995

Date
March 16, 1995 · 06:14 local
Place
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Airport
Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDEA
Aircraft
N469FE
Reported as
Boeing 727200
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,863 total3,863 in this make and model97 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.

Narrative: while enroute to rdu from mem at FL290, crew observed the #2 main cargo smoke indicator illuminate. Crew observed all flight checklist as applicable and contacted the rdu ATC declaring an emergency. Aircraft landed without incident. Maintenance inspected and found a defective sensor which was removed and replaced. Operational check was normal.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE ENROUTE TO RDU FROM MEM AT FL290, CREW OBSERVED THE #2 MAIN CARGO SMOKE INDICATOR ILLUMINATE. CREW OBSERVED ALL FLIGHT CHECKLIST AS APPLICABLE AND CONTACTED THE RDU ATC DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND A DEFECTIVE SENSOR WHICH WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS NORMAL.