# Incident 19971202042049I: Airbus A300F4605R, Indianapolis, IN, December 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1997, 09:23 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N659FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N659FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A300 F4-605R (registry code 3930327, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-f4-605r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300F4605R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971202042049I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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