# Incident 20010927025669I: Boeing 727228, Springfield, MO, September 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2001, 11:09 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Springfield Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DHLA
- Location: 37.2153° N, 93.2982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2153&lon=-93.2982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N720DH-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-228 (registry code 1384083, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-228) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727228
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010927025669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/27/01 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:10 DHL FLIGHT 2201, ELP-CVG, EXPERIENCED A LOWER CARGO FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATION ACCOMPANIED BY A FIRE BELL. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE "MAIN/LOWER CARGO SMOKE/FIRE" EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE "LOWER PIT SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM" WAS TRANSFERRED TO DMI #7193 (MEL REFERENCE 26-19). INCIDENT #CE2001IAC0070 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE FILING OF THIS REPORT - REFERENCE PTRS #CE052001B1762.

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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