N715FE

No registry detail on file · not in current registry

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION (FDEA)Operatoron 2004-04-27Operator named in NTSB report

Accident & incident history

Accident · 2004-04-27 Operator named in NTSB report
Fokker F27-500 No injuries Part 121FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION

Operated by FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP (per NTSB report)

Source: NTSB case DCA04WA041

Maintenance disclosures

Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.

1 report on file, 2004-04-27.

FLAME/FIRE; WARNING INDICATION · 2004-04-27 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5100

Part: FIRE — DETECTED (AFT) · airframe 49,362 hrs · 69,454 cycles

DURING FLIGHT FDX7145 EZE-POA THE CARGO SMOKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE THIRD CREW MEMBER OCCUPYING THE JUMP SEAT CHECKED THE CARGO COMPARTMENT AND OBSERVED FLAMES IN THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE JUMPSEAT CREW MEMBER USED 2 HAND HELD EXTINGUISHERS ON THE CARGO TO SUPPRESS THE FLAMES. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING IN MELO, URUGUAY. AFTER LANDING FIRE CREWS ARRIVED AND FINISHED EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE WHICH WAS STILL SMOLDERING.

Source: SDR MTNA20043