# Incident 20020520010009I: Boeing 737322, Kansas City, MO, May 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2002, 16:20 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N318UA-2012-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-322 (registry code 138447Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- People aboard: 127
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020520010009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 20, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 CDT, UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 1597, A B-737, N318UA, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON DESCENT FROM CHICAGO TO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KANSAS CITY, MO. DUE TO AN ILLUMINATED FIRE DETECTION LIGHT ON CARGO PANEL. BOTH FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED AND LANDING MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. CARGO BINS WERE INSPECTED AND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. CARGO BINS WERE DEFERRED WITH MEL 2623V. AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED IN CHICAGO BY REPLACING DEFECTIVE FIRE DETECTION PANEL. WITH THIS REPORT, INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N318UA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990818033479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990818033479I), Aug 18, 1999: Boeing 737322 (N318UA), Minneapolis, MN. (-23) A letter from captain dennis j. lessard (manager of line operations) states: "the cause of the take-off warning horn sounding was determined to be that…
- [Incident 19971226042729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971226042729I), Dec 26, 1997: Boeing 737322 (N318UA), Eugene, OR. NR2 engine fire while loading passengers at gate. Evacuated. Fuel lever was in flight idle. Cut off. Smoke cleared.

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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