# Incident 19960314009919I: Boeing 7272D4, Omaha, NE, March 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1996, 19:10 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N287FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N287FE-2013-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-2D4 (registry code 138407U, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-2d4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272D4
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960314009919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1996, N287FE, A BOEING 727-2D4, OPERATED BY FEDERAL EXPRESS AS FLIGHT 3608, EXPERIENCED A MAIN CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATION WHILE EN ROUTE FROM DENVER, CO (DEN), TO INDIANAPOLIS, IN (IND). THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO OMAHA, NE (OMA), WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT REVEAL THE CAUSE OF THE DOOR WARNING INDICATION, AND THE MAIN CARGO DOOR WAS DEFERRED PER THE FDEA B-727 APPROVED MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST UNDER ITEM 52-4 A, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE ORIGINAL DESTINATION. FURTHER MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED LIGHT RECEPTACLE PART NUMBER STB-13-4 ARP WAS SHORTED CAUSING THE DOOR WARNING INDICATION. THE LIGHT RECEPTACLE (SOCKET) WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. S.D.R. (MIS) TO BE SUBMITTED TO FDEA CMU, ASO-FSDO-25. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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