# Incident 20051108031929I: Boeing 727233, Newburgh, NY, November 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2005, 09:15 local time
- Place: Newburgh, NY
- Airport: Stewart International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 41.5032° N, 74.0196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newburgh, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5032&lon=-74.0196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N264FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N264FE-2015-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-233 (registry code 138408A, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-233) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727233
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051108031929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOV. 8, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 0910 HRS LOCAL TIME FEDEX FLIGHT 3644 WAS EN ROUTE FROM BOS TO IND AT FLIGHT LEVEL 320 AND DIVERTED TO SWF AFTER THEY SMELLED FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY AND THE CREW EVACUATED BY THE L-1 SLIDE. FIRE DEPT. RESPONDED, NO FIRE WAS DETECTED. COMPANY MAINTENANCE FOUND THE GASPER FAN C/B "POPPED." THEY DETERMINED THAT THE GASPER FAN HAD FAILED AND WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FUMES. THE GASPER FAN WAS REPLACED SLIDE PLACED ON MEL ITEM LIST AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N264FE (1)

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

- [Incident 20070223004699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070223004699I), Feb 23, 2007: Boeing 727233 (N264FE), Norfolk, VA, Minor damage. (-23) February 23, 2007 N264FE a B727-233 operated by federal express experienced minor damage to the number one leading edge slat. Damage is an approximate…

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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