# Incident 19960521021289I: Boeing 727100, North Platte, NE, May 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1996, 17:05 local time
- Place: North Platte, NE
- Airport: Lee Bird Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 41.1256° N, 100.7498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Platte, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1256&lon=-100.7498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N154FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N154FE-2002-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-25 (registry code 1384006, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727100
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960521021289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 21, 1996, APPROXIMATELY 1705 CDT, BOEING 727-100, N154FE, OPERATING AS FED-X FLIGHT 3438 FROM MEMPHIS, TN (MEM), TO GREAT FALLS, MT (GTF), DECLARED AN EMERGENCY OVER MCCOOK, NE DUE TO FUMES IN COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO THE NORTH PLATTE REGIONAL AIRPORT (LBF), NORTH PLATTE, NE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE FAILURE OF THE GASPER FAN ASSEMBLY, P/N 21520-1. THE GASPER FAN WAS REPLACED BY FEDERAL EXPRESS TECHNICIANS AND AN SDR WAS SUBMITTED. 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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