# Incident 19971204040149I: Boeing 727247, Pittsburgh, PA, December 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1997, 12:01 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N237FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N237FE-2013-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,596 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971204040149I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE ALARM NUMBER TOW AREA ACTIVATED. SMOKE DETECTOR FAULTY.

## Other reports on N237FE (1)

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

- [Incident 20061111030239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061111030239I), Nov 11, 2006: Boeing 727247 (N237FE), Indianapolis, IN, No damage. (-23) The flight came from Iowa, flew around weather north of the ind airport with the use of airborne radar and vectors from ind approach. Flight made 32…

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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