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Flight crew of an medium large transport declared an emergency and landed after the APU fire warning light illuminated during approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 323754 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199512 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rsw |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : rsw tower : rsw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 323754 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
APU fire light illuminated. APU fire switch pulled, and fire bottle discharged. Emergency declared. Proceeded to runway 24, landed without incident. Fire personnel saw no evidence of fire/smoke, proceeded to gate and deplaned passenger normally.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED AFTER THE APU FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING APCH.
Narrative: APU FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. APU FIRE SWITCH PULLED, AND FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. EMER DECLARED. PROCEEDED TO RWY 24, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FIRE PERSONNEL SAW NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE/SMOKE, PROCEEDED TO GATE AND DEPLANED PAX NORMALLY.
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.