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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-3H4 · St Louis, MO · November 9, 2002

Date
November 9, 2002 · 20:27 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Aircraft
N321SW
Reported as
Boeing 7373H4

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) Approximately 20 minutes out of stl the fwd cargo fire light illuminated, bell sound and odor was detected by the flight attendant. The crew fired forward cargo fired bottles, declared an emergency and returned to stl. Aircraft landed without incident. Maintenance removed and replaced forward cargo fire bottles.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES OUT OF STL THE FWD CARGO FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BELL SOUND AND ODOR WAS DETECTED BY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT. THE CREW FIRED FORWARD CARGO FIRED BOTTLES, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO STL. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD CARGO FIRE BOTTLES.

Other reports on N321SW · 3

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