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Light transport aircraft on approach to mia had cargo smoke central alarm illuminate. Flight crew followed all emergency procedures on landing and stopping. Evacuated aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 198346 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199201 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mia tower : sfo |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 198346 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : equipment problem dissipated flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Flight from pbi to mia. On final 9L approximately 5 NM out, the 'cargo snake' central warning light came on with the other associated warnings. Orh procedures were followed, flight manual part 1 procedures were followed and an emergency was declared. Emergency equipment was requested. The crew reviewed emergency evacuate/evacuation procedures and prepared for landing. The before landing check was completed and an uneventful landing was made. Evacuate/evacuation of the aircraft on the ground proceeded without injury to passengers or crew members. No damage to the aircraft occurred. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Captain and I immediately agreed to treat the alarm as the real thing. Had ground equipment out and the works. Passengers left the aircraft in prompt but orderly fashion. Still do not know if it was a false alarm since no smoke or fire was found when firemen arrived.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LTT ACFT ON APCH TO MIA HAD CARGO SMOKE CENTRAL ALARM ILLUMINATE. FLC FOLLOWED ALL EMER PROCS ON LNDG AND STOPPING. EVACUATED ACFT.
Narrative: FLT FROM PBI TO MIA. ON FINAL 9L APPROX 5 NM OUT, THE 'CARGO SNAKE' CENTRAL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WITH THE OTHER ASSOCIATED WARNINGS. ORH PROCS WERE FOLLOWED, FLT MANUAL PART 1 PROCS WERE FOLLOWED AND AN EMER WAS DECLARED. EMER EQUIP WAS REQUESTED. THE CREW REVIEWED EMER EVAC PROCS AND PREPARED FOR LNDG. THE BEFORE LNDG CHK WAS COMPLETED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG WAS MADE. EVAC OF THE ACFT ON THE GND PROCEEDED WITHOUT INJURY TO PAXS OR CREW MEMBERS. NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT OCCURRED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. CAPT AND I IMMEDIATELY AGREED TO TREAT THE ALARM AS THE REAL THING. HAD GND EQUIP OUT AND THE WORKS. PAXS LEFT THE ACFT IN PROMPT BUT ORDERLY FASHION. STILL DO NOT KNOW IF IT WAS A FALSE ALARM SINCE NO SMOKE OR FIRE WAS FOUND WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.