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A300 flight crew has cargo fire warning on approach; emergency declared and subsequent ground evacuate/evacuation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 789684 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200806 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival star : n/a |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 5500 |
| ASRS Report | 789684 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11700 flight time type : 2100 |
| ASRS Report | 789516 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | aircraft : evacuated flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On arrival into ZZZ; had a forward cargo smoke indication. We followed company manual and our fom procedures and declared an emergency and landed at ZZZ and did an on ground emergency evacuate/evacuation. Callback conversation with reporter acn 789516 revealed the following information: the smoke warning was false.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A300 FLT CREW HAS CARGO FIRE WARNING ON APCH; EMERGENCY DECLARED AND SUBSEQUENT GROUND EVAC.
Narrative: ON ARR INTO ZZZ; HAD A FORWARD CARGO SMOKE INDICATION. WE FOLLOWED COMPANY MANUAL AND OUR FOM PROCS AND DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED AT ZZZ AND DID AN ON GND EMER EVAC. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR ACN 789516 REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE SMOKE WARNING WAS FALSE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.