# Incident 20030915024129I: Emb EMB135KL, Indianapolis, IN, September 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2003, 10:18 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801AE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB135KL
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030915024129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/15/2003 AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 4296 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING IND. AN ECAS WARNING FOR SMOKE IN THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT HAD ILLUMINATED. THE FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. THE SMOKE DETECTOR SENSORS WERE CLEANED AND THE BOTTLES WERE REPLACED. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE FOUND. A SDR IS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE OPERATOR.

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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