ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198779
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 February 2015 |
| Time: | 06:16 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas MD-11F |
| Owner/operator: | FedEx |
| Registration: | N584FE |
| MSN: | 48436/483 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Engine model: | GE CF6-80 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | St. Louis, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Memphis, TN (MEM) |
| Minneapolis, MN (MSP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During cruise flight, the crew received a fire warning from the cargo compartment indicating that the fire suppression system had activated, along with hearing loud sounds from the cargo compartment. The flight crew elected to divert to St. Louis. Although the activation of the fire suppression was a false alarm, the decision to divert was prudent and correct. During the approach the crew made the decision to evacuate the airplane after landing, briefed the passengers in the courier area, and reviewed the evacuation checklist in the Quick Reference Handbook (QRH). The diversion and subsequent landing were performed without issue. After exiting the runway, and bringing the airplane to a stop in a safe area, the crew initiated an emergency evacuation using the left forward door (1L). The door opened, however, the 1L escape slide/raft did not fully deploy, appearing to be hung up on a strap. The first officer attempted to free it and the fire/rescue crew pulled on the slide and it appeared to inflate. However, because the slide inflation sequence had been interrupted, it was significantly underinflated and unable to support the weight of the crewmember, resulting in a serious injury. Post-incident examination of the 1L slide/raft was unable to determine the causes for the slide/raft to not inflate to full extension.
Probable Cause: a partial inflation of the 1L escape slide/raft due to undetermined reasons resulting in insufficient capability to support the weight of the crewmember.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 April 1995 | N1768D | American Airlines | 0 | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
non |
| Engine failure | ||||||
| 13 July 1996 | N1768D | American Airlines | 0 | Westerly, RI | |
non |
| 21 June 2023 | N584FE | FedEx Express | 0 | near Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ) |  |
unk |
| Reverse issue | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2017 15:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 25-Nov-2017 12:47 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase] |
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