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A commercial fixed wing light transport on descent declared an emergency and diverted due to a false cargo door warning light.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 373846 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : psc |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 12000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ipt |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent other other other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zse |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 3915 flight time type : 2200 |
| ASRS Report | 373846 |
| 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 | other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
During descent the cargo door annunciator illuminated. After performing the emergency action items I declared an emergency with ZSE. We continued for landing at the nearest suitable airport. The landing was without incident. Upon postflt inspection the cargo door was found secured. There was no aircraft or property damage. The flight terminated without incident. After discussing the situation with company maintenance it was determined the cargo door annunciator was inoperative and we deferred the system and continued operations per the MEL.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING LTT ON DSCNT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO A FALSE CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHT.
Narrative: DURING DSCNT THE CARGO DOOR ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. AFTER PERFORMING THE EMER ACTION ITEMS I DECLARED AN EMER WITH ZSE. WE CONTINUED FOR LNDG AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT. THE LNDG WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON POSTFLT INSPECTION THE CARGO DOOR WAS FOUND SECURED. THERE WAS NO ACFT OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE FLT TERMINATED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER DISCUSSING THE SIT WITH COMPANY MAINT IT WAS DETERMINED THE CARGO DOOR ANNUNCIATOR WAS INOP AND WE DEFERRED THE SYS AND CONTINUED OPS PER THE MEL.
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.