# Incident 19960812030519I: Boeing 7372H4, Detroit, MI, August 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1996, 11:24 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 42.2124° N, 83.3534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DETROIT METRO WAYNE COUNTY (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2124&lon=-83.3534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61SW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372H4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,900 total, 9,534 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960812030519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (SWAA) N61SW 737-2H4 FLIGHT NO. 1506, CLEVELAND (CLE) TO CHICAGO (MDW) 1124 CTC ON 8/12/96. FIFTY MILES SOUTH OF DETROIT METRO (DTW), #2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE WARNING BELL. VISUAL INSPECTION AND SECONDARY INDICATIONS WERE NEGATIVE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES FIRED. THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT DTW. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AND INSPECTION BY ARFF CREW FOLLOWED BY TAXIING TO THE GATE IN DTW. THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER C/B WAS PULLED AT THE GATE. A FOLLOW UP PHONE CALL TO SWAA DISPATCH WAS COMPLETED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED #2 ENGINE AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR OVERHEATING CONDITIONS. THE FIRE DETECTOR MODULE, FIRE CONTROL PANEL, AND THE ENGINE FIRE BOTTLES WERE REPLACED. THE SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED PER THE BOEING MAINTENANCE MANUAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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