# Incident 19991030038859I: Saab 340B, Appleton, WI, October 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1999, 19:15 local time
- Place: Appleton, WI
- Airport: Outagamie County Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 44.2798° N, 88.3883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Appleton, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2798&lon=-88.3883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N410XJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N410XJ-2018-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991030038859I

## Narrative

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

N110XJ A SAAB 340 B+, FLIGHT NUMBER 2971, OPERATED BY MESABA AIRLINES EXPERIENCED A CARGO SMOKE WARNING ON THE CENTRAL WARNING PANEL DURING APPROACH TO APPLETON, WI, ON OCTOBER 30, 1999, AT 1915 CST. AN EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETED.  IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE FENWAL SMOKE DETECTOR MALFUCTIONED IN FLIGHT WHICH GENERATED A FALSE ALARM.  THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF SMOKE IN THE AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT.  AN SDR WAS INITIATED BY THE COMPANY.

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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