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.
(-23)Vanguard aircraft N5WM declared an emergency due to a wheel well fire indication inbound to Kansas City, mci airport. Crash fire rescue were standing by and the aircraft landed without incident. Vanguard mechanics determined that a cannon plug for the wheel well fire indication system had malfunctioned causing an arroneous indication. The cannon plug was replaced and further troubleshooting was performed without a repeat indication. The iarcraft was released to service and subsequent flights did see a repeat of the amlfunction. With this report incident number CE2000ACE051 is considered closed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)VANGUARD AIRCRAFT N5WM DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A WHEEL WELL FIRE INDICATION INBOUND TO KANSAS CITY, MCI AIRPORT. CRASH FIRE RESCUE WERE STANDING BY AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. VANGUARD MECHANICS DETERMINED THAT A CANNON PLUG FOR THE WHEEL WELL FIRE INDICATION SYSTEM HAD MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING AN ARRONEOUS INDICATION. THE CANNON PLUG WAS REPLACED AND FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT A REPEAT INDICATION. THE IARCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE AND SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS DID SEE A REPEAT OF THE AMLFUNCTION. WITH THIS REPORT INCIDENT NUMBER CE2000ACE051 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.
Other reports on N5WM · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.