# Incident 19981223042299I: Airbus A300F4605R, Minneapolis, MN, December 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1998, 22:25 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N663FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N663FE) (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
- Reported engine: GE CF680C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981223042299I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON 12/23/98 AT 2225 CENTRAL TIME AT THE MSP AIRPORT, FEDERAL EXPRESS FLT 1618, AT THE BEGINNING OF TAKE-OFF ROLL AN ELECTRONIC CENTRALIZED AIRCRAFT MONITORING (ECAM) WARNING SHOWING #1 ENGINE THRUST REVERSER (T/R) PRESSURIZED. TAKE-OFF WAS ABORTED. CREW CYCLED #1 T/R LEVER, ECAM WARNING WENT OUT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ACTIVE RUNWAY FOR SECOND TAKE-OFF WHICH WAS ABORTED WHEN ECAM RE-ILLUMINATED #1 ENGINE T/R PRESSURIZED. AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO RAMP FOR MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE APPLIED HEAT TO THE #1 ENGINE T/R PILOT VALVE PRESSURE SWITCH. SYSTEM FUNCTIONED NORMAL AFTER APPLICATION OF HEAT. DUE TO THE #2 ENGINE T/R BEING ALREADY ON THE MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST, THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. TO PREVENT A FURTHER OCCURANCE, THE T/R DIRECTIONAL PILOT VALVE WAS REPLACED, AND THE REMOVED UNIT WAS SENT TO SERVICE ENGINEERING FOR EVALUATION.

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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