Fedex MD11 at Anchorage on Apr 10th 2021, engine seen smoking

Last Update: April 15, 2021 / 22:13:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 10, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
FX-167

Departure
Anchorage, United States

Destination
Memphis, United States

Aircraft Registration
N589FE

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

ICAO Type Designator
MD11

A Fedex Federal Express McDonnel Douglas MD-11, registration N589FE performing flight FX-167 from Anchorage,AK to Memphis,TN (USA) with 2 crew, was climbing out of Anchorage's runway 33 when the crew requested to stop climb advising ATC of an engine (CF6) malfunction and received a block altitude between 2000 and 4000 feet MSL. Tower advised he had seen black smoke from the right hand engine. After talking to dispatch the crew decided to climb the aircraft to 12,000 feet to dump fuel and returned to Anchorage for a safe landing on runwsy 07R about 45 minutes after departure.

A replacement MD-11 registration N603FE reached Memphis with a delay of about 3 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service after about 46 hours on the ground.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N589FE
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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TCDS Ident. No.
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
MD11
Year of Manufacture
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Aircraft Address / Mode S Code (HEX)
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Engine Count
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Engine Manufacturer
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 10, 2021

Classification
Incident

Flight number
FX-167

Departure
Anchorage, United States

Destination
Memphis, United States

Aircraft Registration
N589FE

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

ICAO Type Designator
MD11

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