# Incident 20040318002669I: Airbus A310203, Louisville, KY, March 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A310203
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040318002669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FEDERAL EXPRESS - FLT. 684, 03/18/02004 AFTER LEVEL OFF AT FLIGHT LEVEL 31000 FEET OUT OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK ON ROUTE TO MEMPHIS, TN, THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED AN ADVISORY MESSAGE INDICATION OF AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM CONCERN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER AN INDICATION OF SMOKE OCCURRED WITHING THE AVIONICS BAY. THE FLIGHT CREW DONNED OXYGEN AND PERFORMED THE SMOKE ELIMINATION PROCEDURE. THIS INCLUDED SHUTTING OFF THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM BY PULLING ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE AVIONICS SMOKE INDICATION WENT AWAY. THE FLIGHT CREW DIVERTED TO LOUISVILLE, KY. THE FLIGHT CREW INDICATED THAT AT NO TIME DID THEY NOT HAVE FULL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. NO FLIGHT CONTROL ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED. THE CREW DID NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF MODERN NAVIGATION DUE TO THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE INVOLVING THE PULLING OF CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR THOSE SYSTEMS. HOWEVER, UPON COMPLETION OF THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, MINIMUM NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEMS WERE RESTORED. THE FLIGHT CREW ADVISED THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEICED IN ROCHESTER, NY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. THE PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW WITH FEDEX MAINTENANCE IS THAT THE SMOKE INDICATION WAS A RESULT OF DEICE FLUID INGESTION INTO THE AIRCRAFT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL DRIPPING FROM ALL AREAS WITH DEICE FLUID AS IT SAT ON THE RAMP AT THE FEDEX FACILITY IN LOUISVILLE. FEDEX MAINTENANCE IS IN THE PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING OTHER POSSIBILITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR APPROVED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

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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