# Incident 20120104000059I: Embraer EMB-145XR, Colorado Spring, CO, January 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2012, 09:50 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASOA
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31131, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145XR (registry code 3260214, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145xr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145XR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120104000059I

## Narrative

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

BAGGAGE SMOKE MASTER WARNING ILLUMINATED DURING CRUISE AT 36,000 FEET, 77 MILES SOUTH OF COS. FLIGHT CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY,  EXECUTED QRH PROCEDURES,  AND PRESSED "FIRE BAGGAGE EXT" SWITCH - FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO COS. BAGGAGE SMOKE MASTER WARNING EXTINGUISHED DURING FINAL APPROACH TO COS, BUT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AFTER LANDING. AIRPORT EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT MET AIRCRAFT UPON EXITING FROM RWY 35R. FLIGHT CREW REQUESTED TO TAXI TO GATE - EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT FOLLOWED. COMPANY MX PERSONNEL LATER DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE BAGGAGE SMOKE MASTER WARNING WAS CORROSION AT THE FWD CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR CONNECTOR. CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES. AIRCRAFT WAS LATER RELEASED WITH NO FURTHER RELATED ISSUES.

## Other reports on N31131 (1)

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

- [Incident 20190721012259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190721012259I), Jul 21, 2019: Embraer EMB-145XR (N31131), Gunnison, CO, No damage. The captain of flight LOF4688 departed Gunnison (guc) airport enroute to denver (den) on a scheduled flight on 7/21/2019. The captain was the pilot flying (pf)…

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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