# Incident 20011228033649I: Airbus A310222, Pittsburgh, PA, December 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2001, 05:40 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: N448FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N448FE-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A310-222 (registry code 3930315, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a310-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A310222
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011228033649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 28, 2001, FEDERAL EXPRESS FLIGHT #1446 AN A-310-222 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A CARGO SMOKE INDICATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT RUNWAY 10L AT PIT. ARFF RESPONDED AND THE SEARCH OF THE AIRCRAFT PROVED NEGATIVE AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED ACM COELESOR BAGS AND DISPATCHED AIRCRAFT. COMPLETION OF THIS INCIDENT CLOSES THIS FILE.

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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