# Incident 20021107036529I: Boeing 727225, Indianapolis, IN, November 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2002, 21:10 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N461FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N461FE-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021107036529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/7/02 FEDEX FLIGHT 11616 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE. THE SMELL SEEMED TO STOP WHEN THE GASPER FAN WAS TURNED OFF. THE FAN WAS REPLACED. A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT (SDR) IS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE AIR CARRIER.

## Other reports on N461FE (1)

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

- [Incident 19960313008409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960313008409I), Mar 13, 1996: Boeing 727225 (N461FE), Boise, ID, Minor damage. Narrative: federal express flight 1809 departed Boise, en-route to salt lake city. Pilot reported a vibration in the #2 engine, shut the engine down and…

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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