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Incident

FAA incident report · Dorner DO328300 · Boston, MA · September 23, 2002

Date
September 23, 2002 · 14:18 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
VTZA
Aircraft
N415FJ
Reported as
Dorner DO328300
People aboard
35
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,100 total175 in this make and model154 in the last 90 days

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) Distribution - ANE-200, NE01-SPM, NE01-file privacy data omitted delta express 6139 declared an emergency due to fire warning light in the aft cargo area during approach. The fire indication occurred three times before the crew discharged the fire bottle. Aircraft landed on runway 04R and turned off onto runway 33L. The passengers and crew deplaned without injury. Upon their inspection of the cargo compartment, no evidence of fire occurred. A false fire indication is suspected. Aircraft taxied to terminal area uneventfully.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DISTRIBUTION - ANE-200, NE01-SPM, NE01-FILE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DELTA EXPRESS 6139 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO FIRE WARNING LIGHT IN THE AFT CARGO AREA DURING APPROACH. THE FIRE INDICATION OCCURRED THREE TIMES BEFORE THE CREW DISCHARGED THE FIRE BOTTLE. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 04R AND TURNED OFF ONTO RUNWAY 33L. THE PASSENGERS AND CREW DEPLANED WITHOUT INJURY. UPON THEIR INSPECTION OF THE CARGO COMPARTMENT, NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OCCURRED. A FALSE FIRE INDICATION IS SUSPECTED. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO TERMINAL AREA UNEVENTFULLY.