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Commuter jet captain caused the cargo fire warning system to actuate, then discharged the fire bottle.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 568357 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200212 |
| Day | Sun |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sdf.tracon |
| State Reference | KY |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sdf.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Embraer Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 568357 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fire warning. bottle discharge other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On initial climb out of sdf on dec/sun/02, PNF captain induced a false baggage extinguisher fire warning indication by mistakenly selecting the APU fire detection test button, in which the warning continued to stay illuminated in error. Then captain pressed the baggage extinguisher button which discharged the agent. Following, we pressed the APU fire detection button again which cleared the false baggage warning and was then presented with the baggage extinguisher bottle inoperative message on the EICAS. The crew consulted the aom and followed the appropriate checklist and then contacted maintenance center. The aircraft was written up and met with maintenance at ord. The rest of the flight was normal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMMUTER JET CAPT CAUSED THE CARGO FIRE WARNING SYS TO ACTUATE, THEN DISCHARGED THE FIRE BOTTLE.
Narrative: ON INITIAL CLBOUT OF SDF ON DEC/SUN/02, PNF CAPT INDUCED A FALSE BAGGAGE EXTINGUISHER FIRE WARNING INDICATION BY MISTAKENLY SELECTING THE APU FIRE DETECTION TEST BUTTON, IN WHICH THE WARNING CONTINUED TO STAY ILLUMINATED IN ERROR. THEN CAPT PRESSED THE BAGGAGE EXTINGUISHER BUTTON WHICH DISCHARGED THE AGENT. FOLLOWING, WE PRESSED THE APU FIRE DETECTION BUTTON AGAIN WHICH CLRED THE FALSE BAGGAGE WARNING AND WAS THEN PRESENTED WITH THE BAGGAGE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE INOP MESSAGE ON THE EICAS. THE CREW CONSULTED THE AOM AND FOLLOWED THE APPROPRIATE CHKLIST AND THEN CONTACTED MAINT CTR. THE ACFT WAS WRITTEN UP AND MET WITH MAINT AT ORD. THE REST OF THE FLT WAS NORMAL.
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.