# Incident 20030126005909I: Boeing 727247, Indianapolis, IN, January 26, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2003, 19:14 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N233FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N233FE-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030126005909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1/26/03 FEDEX FLIGHT 984 ENROUTE MEM TO DTW REPORTED A FIRE ALARM IN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO IND. IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF SMOKE OR FIRE. THE CARRIER IS REQUIRED TO FILE A SDR REPORT FOR THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N233FE (1)

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

- [Incident 19960618018559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960618018559I), Jun 18, 1996: Boeing 727200 (N233FE), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: federal express flight 1613 departed mci enroute ind on 06/18/96. #6 leading edge flap indicator, at the f/e panel, showed a failure to retract in…

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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