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Incident

FAA incident report · Airbus A300 F4-605R · Indianapolis, IN · December 2, 1997

Date: December 2, 1997 · 09:23 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Airport: Indianapolis International
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: FDEA
Aircraft: N659FE
Reported as: Airbus A300F4605R
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N659FERegistered now · Airbus Industrie A300 F4-605RS/N 757 · Built 1995 Airframe modelAirbus Industrie A300 F4-605R Engine modelGE CF6-80 seriesTurbo-fan

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: N659FE 12/04/97. On 12/02/97 federal express flight 3211, an Airbus 300 enroute from dtw to mem diverted to ind due to a fire warning light illumination for the number one engine. An emergency was declared and the aircraft landed without further incident. Maintenance personnel found no indication of a fire. A control unit for the fire detection system was found to be defective, and was replaced. The operator will submit a service difficulty report (SDR). The part number for the defective control unit is 901285.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: N659FE 12/04/97. ON 12/02/97 FEDERAL EXPRESS FLIGHT 3211, AN AIRBUS 300 ENROUTE FROM DTW TO MEM DIVERTED TO IND DUE TO A FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATION FOR THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND NO INDICATION OF A FIRE. A CONTROL UNIT FOR THE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE, AND WAS REPLACED. THE OPERATOR WILL SUBMIT A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT (SDR). THE PART NUMBER FOR THE DEFECTIVE CONTROL UNIT IS 901285.