# Incident 20020923028509I: Dorner DO328300, Boston, MA, September 23, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2002, 14:18 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415FJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328300
- People aboard: 35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 175 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020923028509I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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