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Emb-140 captain reported responding per checklist to a baggage compartment smoke alert. The alert was later determined to be false.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1522201 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 140 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Cargo Compartment Fire/Overheat Warning |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
While taxiing onto the ramp received bagg smoke warning message and associated alarms. Ran the [checklist]. Contacted tower and requested crash fire rescue equipment. Established communication with ramp and advised of possible fire in the baggage compartment and of fire extinguishing agent (halon). Had the flight attendant check the lavatory peep hole. The flight attendant couldn't verify whether there was a fire or not. Asked ramp personnel if they could see any smoke and they didn't see any smoke. Deplaned the passengers normally. Crash fire rescue equipment had arrived in the interim. Once everyone was off crash fire rescue equipment opened the baggage compartment. Was told crash fire rescue equipment found a smoking bag. Crash fire rescue equipment segregated that bag and proceeded to empty the remaining bags finding no more evidence of fire. Upon viewing the segregated bag it had no physical evidence of fire and it was wet from halon. Local officials believe the smoke crash fire rescue equipment thought they saw was actually just halon fumes as the bag or cargo compartment showed no evidence of fire damage. Aircraft required maintenance inspection. Nearest maintenance was over four hours away causing the return flight to be canceled.manufacturer and company could investigate steps to prevent and/or identify and/or minimize false alarms; so that facility resources and scheduled flights are not lost to erroneous warnings.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB-140 Captain reported responding per checklist to a baggage compartment smoke alert. The alert was later determined to be false.
Narrative: While taxiing onto the ramp received BAGG SMOKE warning message and associated alarms. Ran the [checklist]. Contacted Tower and requested CFR. Established communication with ramp and advised of possible fire in the baggage compartment and of fire extinguishing agent (halon). Had the flight attendant check the lavatory peep hole. The flight attendant couldn't verify whether there was a fire or not. Asked ramp personnel if they could see any smoke and they didn't see any smoke. Deplaned the passengers normally. CFR had arrived in the interim. Once everyone was off CFR opened the baggage compartment. Was told CFR found a smoking bag. CFR segregated that bag and proceeded to empty the remaining bags finding no more evidence of fire. Upon viewing the segregated bag it had no physical evidence of fire and it was wet from halon. Local officials believe the smoke CFR thought they saw was actually just halon fumes as the bag or cargo compartment showed no evidence of fire damage. Aircraft required maintenance inspection. Nearest maintenance was over four hours away causing the return flight to be canceled.Manufacturer and company could investigate steps to prevent and/or identify and/or minimize false alarms; so that facility resources and scheduled flights are not lost to erroneous warnings.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.