# Incident 20020803020809I: Boeing 737306, Sarasota-Braden, FL, August 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2002, 17:34 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PIDA
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N371PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N371PA-2006-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-306 (registry code 13844BG, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737306
- People aboard: 147
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,400 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020803020809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT 371PA, A BOEING 737-306 OPERATED AS PACE AIRLINES FLIGHT 332 FROM MMUN-KSFB ON 3 AUGUST 2002 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN BRUCE FOSTER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT, AT FL290 APPROXIMATELY 190 NM FROM SHORE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WHEN THE CARGO FIRE DETECTION SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ACTIVATED, WITH ASSOCIATED MASTER WARNING, FIRE BELL, AND A/B DETECTOR LOOP LIGHTS. FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES IN THE QRH, THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KSRQ WHERE AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS PERFORMED. THE EVACUATION WAS PERFORMED USING THE L/R 2 DOORS ONLY. THERE WAS ONE REPORTED MINOR INJURY TO A PASSENGER DURING THE EVACUATION. THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING ON RUNWAY 14 AT KSRQ, WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. SINCE THERE WAS NO SMOKE OR FIRE EVIDENT, THE CAPTAIN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO COMMENCING THE EVACUATION. THE EVACUATION WAS CONDUCTED IAW WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE QRH. INSPECTION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR SMOKE IN EITHER CARGO BAY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ULTIMATELY RELEASED ON A MAINTENANCE FERRY PERMIT TO KATL FOR REPAIRS.

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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