# Incident 20060913020689I: Airbus A310203, Memphis, TN, September 13, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2006, 03:38 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N405FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N405FE-2016-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A310-203 (registry code 3930313, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a310-203) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A310203
- Reported engine: GE CF680A3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,783 total, 3,042 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060913020689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N405FE, A FEDERAL EXPRESS AIRBUS A310-203 OPERATING AS FDX FLIGHT 926 BEGAN DEPARTURE FROM MEMPHIS, TN (MEM). AFTER BOTH ENGINES WERE STARTED AND BEFORE TAXI THE CREW REPORTED SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DONNED OXYGEN, COMPLETED THE EVACUATION CHECKLIST AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT. THE CREW INITIALLY ATTEMPTED EGRESS FROM THE RIGHT HAND (R-1) DOOR AND REPORTS THAT THE "DOOR/SLIDE JAMMED AND WOULD NOT OPEN." THE CREW DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT VIA THE LEFT HAND (L-1) SLIDE ONTO THE TAXIWAY.

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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