33.7490° N, 84.3880° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 8, 1997 · 16:00 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
The William B Hartsfield Atla
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ASOA
Aircraft
N635AS
Reported as
Aerosp ATR72
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW127
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
24,000 total1,500 in this make and model150 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: #2 engine fire warning at 200 ft. on final. Continued to runway advised tower (tower advised visable fire). Landed aircraft, pulled t-handle, warning remained. Fired f/o fire bottle & f/a's evacuated aircraft. Fire warning went out. Inspection of engine revealed no fire occurred. Appeared to be a false indication. Syst component failure involved.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: #2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING AT 200 FT. ON FINAL. CONTINUED TO RUNWAY ADVISED TOWER (TOWER ADVISED VISABLE FIRE). LANDED AIRCRAFT, PULLED T-HANDLE, WARNING REMAINED. FIRED F/O FIRE BOTTLE & F/A'S EVACUATED AIRCRAFT. FIRE WARNING WENT OUT. INSPECTION OF ENGINE REVEALED NO FIRE OCCURRED. APPEARED TO BE A FALSE INDICATION. SYST COMPONENT FAILURE INVOLVED.