# Incident 20040323003849I: Boeing 727277, Great Falls, MT, March 23, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2004, 17:02 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N245FE-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-277 (registry code 138408S, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-277) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727277
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040323003849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 24, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 0058 UTC, FED EX, FLIGHT 542, A B727 LANDED AT GTF AND WAS NOTIFIED BY THE TOWER, THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT BRAKE WAS SMOKING. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND COMPLIED WITH FED EX Q.R.H., THEN TAXIED UNEVENTFULLY TO THE RAMP WITH CFR EQUIPMENT FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT. FED EX MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL OBSERVED AIRCRAFT DURING TAXI TO RAMP, NOTICING NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE. DURING DE-BRIEF WITH FLIGHT CREW, NO ABNORMAL CONDITIONS NOTED, NO DRAGGING BRAKES AND NO ANTISKID PROBLEMS. AS A PRECAUTION, COMPLIED WITH 44 MINUTE BRAKE COOLING INSPECTION. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF HYD LEAK OR DRAGGING TIRE. AFTER 30 DAY HISTORY REVIEW, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL SUSPECTED CONDITION WAS CAUSED BY R AND R OF #3 MLG BRAKE PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL AT GTF. RH MLG WAS CHECKED FOR CONTINUED SERVICE PER B-727 MM 05-51-122-6. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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