Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Metropolitian Oakland Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Oakland, California 94614
Thursday, April 10, 2003 13:50 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
During climb out, the fight crew declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit and returned to the departure airport for a normal landing, after which the emergency evacuation slides failed to inflate. The flight crew said that they smelled an acrid smoke followed immediately by the illumination of the MAIN DECK CARGO FIRE light and the audio tone (bell). They conducted the emergency procedures, declared an emergency, and turned back for landing. On the downwind leg the MAIN DECK CARGO FIRE light went out; however, on final approach, the MID 2 LOOPS A and B illuminated. After landing the flight crew attempted to evacuate via the 1R emergency slide; however, it did not inflate. The first officer said that he was able to open the door, and that they made several unsuccessful attempts to manually inflate the slide without success. Post incident examination found that the slides' inflation bottle was fully pressurized. Two maintenance personnel noted that the transport-locking pin was with the slide when it was removed from the airplane. The slide was disassembled for inspection at the manufacturer's facility. No discrepancies were found that would have prevented the slide from inflating. Damage was found to the slide's girt bar in the area of the manual inflation handle that was consistent with the transport-locking pin being installed in the inflation bottle's regulator at the time of the slide's deployment. The cause of the smoke was determined to be oil or other fluid contamination of the air-condition packs.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the failure of the 1R evacuation slide to inflate because the transport-locking pin had not been removed from the regulator during the slide's installation on the 1R door. The cause of the cabin/cockpit smoke was contamination of the air conditioning packs.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 4/10/2003 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1350 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Oakland |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 94614 |
| Event Date Year | 2003 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 374328N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1221324W |
| Event Location Airport | Metropolitian Oakland INTL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | OAK |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 6 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1253 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | OAK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 6 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 5500 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2800 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Few |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 17 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 9 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 270 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 15 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.06 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 16886 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | Apr 10 2003 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1515 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 28 2004 12:45PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | WP-OAK-FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N676FE |
| NTSB Number | LAX03IA137 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Airbus Industrie |
| Aircraft Model | A300F4-605R |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 790 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 375880 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 10 2003 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 7267 |
| Airframe Hours | 5 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | State Street Bank and Trust Co. of CT TSTE |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2 International PL. FL 4 |
| Aircraft Owner City | Boston |
| Aircraft Owner State | MA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 02110 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Federal Express Corporation |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Memphis |
| Operator State | TN |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 37501 |
| Operator Code | FDEA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | -- |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | OAK |
| Departure City | Oakland |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1330 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | DEN |
| Destination City | Denver |
| Destination State | CO |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | Yes |
| Date of most recent change to record | Nov 8 2004 4:01PM |
| User who most recently changed record | RICJ |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 29 |
| Runway Length | 10000 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |