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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Memphis, TN · September 16, 1996

Date
September 16, 1996 · 09:56 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
REXA
Aircraft
N401BH
Reported as
Saab SF340A
People aboard
30
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total4,500 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: captain stated that during climbing out from mem the cargo smoke light indicator came on, and went off, but came back on within one to two minutes. He fired the bottle but light stayed on. He went through the emergency checklist, declared an emergency with ATC, captain informed the flight attendant that he would do an emergency evacuation upon landing. After landing and passengers were evacuated, the aircraft was taxied to the hangar. Maintenance did not find any indication of a fire. Activation of fire smoke light was due to a faulty sensor.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: CAPTAIN STATED THAT DURING CLIMBING OUT FROM MEM THE CARGO SMOKE LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON, AND WENT OFF, BUT CAME BACK ON WITHIN ONE TO TWO MINUTES. HE FIRED THE BOTTLE BUT LIGHT STAYED ON. HE WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC, CAPTAIN INFORMED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT THAT HE WOULD DO AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION UPON LANDING. AFTER LANDING AND PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE HANGAR. MAINTENANCE DID NOT FIND ANY INDICATION OF A FIRE. ACTIVATION OF FIRE SMOKE LIGHT WAS DUE TO A FAULTY SENSOR.