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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Dassault-Breguet FALCON 50 · Louisville, KY · November 23, 2024

Date
November 23, 2024 · 13:53 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Louisville Muhammad Ali International
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
KN7J
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N33AP
Reported as
Dassault-Breguet Falcon 50
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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.

Aircraft was at 31K in cruise when the baggage compartment fire indicator lamp illumonated. The captain discharged the fire bottle and selected bleeds off per the checklist. As the aircraft descended for landing, the lamp extinguished at approximately 4-5K feet. Initial visual inspection and maintenance afterword discovered no evidence of fire or smoke. The baggage comartment smoke detector, fire bottle, and cartridge were replaced. Aircraft continued flight with no further issues.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS AT 31K IN CRUISE WHEN THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FIRE INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMONATED. THE CAPTAIN DISCHARGED THE FIRE BOTTLE AND SELECTED BLEEDS OFF PER THE CHECKLIST. AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED FOR LANDING, THE LAMP EXTINGUISHED AT APPROXIMATELY 4-5K FEET. INITIAL VISUAL INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE AFTERWORD DISCOVERED NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR SMOKE. THE BAGGAGE COMARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR, FIRE BOTTLE, AND CARTRIDGE WERE REPLACED. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FLIGHT WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.