# Incident 19990617018929I: Boeing 727227, New Orleans, LA, June 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1999, 05:10 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N490FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N490FE-2013-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-227 (registry code 1384078, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,114 total, 2,391 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990617018929I

## Narrative

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

(-5)*ALL AIRCRAFT TIMES ARE AS OF 06-30-99 **ALL CREW TIMES ARE AT FEDEX ONLY.  THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT WHILE CLIMBING THROUGHT FL280, THE #3 POSITION MAIN CARGO SMOKE ALARM, WARNING LIGHTS AND THE FIRE BELL WERE ACTIVATED.  THE CREW FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECK LIST RED TAB AND  DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO ZHU.  UPON LANDING AT NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MSY), THE CREW EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING AN EVACUATION CHECK LIST.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A FALSE WARNING INDICATION.  THE UNIT WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N490FE (2)

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

- [Incident 20050728016599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050728016599I), Jul 28, 2005: Boeing 727227 (N490FE), Oakland, CA. (-23) Approximately one hour into the flight when the aircraft was about 2000 feet AGL on final approach to oak, the most aft light in the main-cargo-smoke…
- [Incident 19990624039709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990624039709I), Jun 24, 1999: Boeing 727227 (N490FE), Memphis, TN. On June 29, 1999, at 25,000 feet, federal express corporation aircraft #N490FE, enroute from mem-rdu, encountered a #4 cargo smoke deterction warning and fire…

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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