# Incident 19960618018559I: Boeing 727200, Kansas City, MO, June 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1996, 23:11 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N233FE-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960618018559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FEDERAL EXPRESS FLIGHT 1613 DEPARTED MCI ENROUTE IND ON 06/18/96. #6 LEADING EDGE FLAP INDICATOR, AT THE F/E PANEL, SHOWED A FAILURE TO RETRACT IN FLIGHT. ALL OTHER LED'S WERE OK AND F/O PANEL INDICATION SHOWED LEADING EDGES STOWED. RECYCLED, NO HELP. AMBER #6 LEADING EDGE IN TRANSIT LIGHT, AT F/E PANEL, ILLUMINATED WHEN BRINGING FLAPS FROM 5 TO 2 DEGREES CONFIRMING #6 L/E FLAP MOVEMENT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MCI WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE #6 L/E FLAP INDICATOR MICRO SWITCH AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE NORMAL. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N233FE (1)

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

- [Incident 20030126005909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030126005909I), Jan 26, 2003: Boeing 727247 (N233FE), Indianapolis, IN. (-23) On 1/26/03 fedex flight 984 enroute mem to dtw reported a fire alarm in the cargo compartment. An emergency was declared and the aircraft diverted 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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