# Incident 19990624039709I: Boeing 727227, Memphis, TN, June 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1999, 18:00 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,553 total, 1,511 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990624039709I

## Narrative

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

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 AURAL WARNING. THE AIRCRAFT DECLARDED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT MEM.  THE FLIGHT CREW ACTIVATED THE ENGINE FIRE BOTTLES AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND EVACUTED UTILIZING THE COCKPIT ESCAPE ROPES.  THE #4 CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR WAS DETERMINED TO BE FAULTY AND 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 19990617018929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990617018929I), Jun 17, 1999: Boeing 727227 (N490FE), New Orleans, LA. (-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…

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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