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B737-200 captain declared an emergency with bwi approach due to a wheel well fire warning indication. They landed uneventfully at bwi.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 496490 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200012 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bal.airport |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 12000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : bwi.tracon tower : bwi.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils localizer & glide slope : bwi.10 Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival star : not stated |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time total : 15000 |
| ASRS Report | 496490 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Descending into bwi, 12000-11000 ft, wheel well fire warning light flickered several times. First officer flying. Captain followed QRH. With the landing gear down, the warning light stayed out. Emergency declared with bwi approach. Cleared for straight-in to runway 10. Normal cabin preparation. After landing, requested emergency personnel to inspect aircraft exterior (wheel wells). Then taxied to gate and customers exited in the normal fashion.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-200 CAPT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH BWI APCH DUE TO A WHEEL WELL FIRE WARNING INDICATION. THEY LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT BWI.
Narrative: DSNDING INTO BWI, 12000-11000 FT, WHEEL WELL FIRE WARNING LIGHT FLICKERED SEVERAL TIMES. FO FLYING. CAPT FOLLOWED QRH. WITH THE LNDG GEAR DOWN, THE WARNING LIGHT STAYED OUT. EMER DECLARED WITH BWI APCH. CLRED FOR STRAIGHT-IN TO RWY 10. NORMAL CABIN PREPARATION. AFTER LNDG, REQUESTED EMER PERSONNEL TO INSPECT ACFT EXTERIOR (WHEEL WELLS). THEN TAXIED TO GATE AND CUSTOMERS EXITED IN THE NORMAL FASHION.
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.