DC10-30 flight crew has cargo fire and smoke warning on visual approach to fll.

Attributes
ACN	445873
Time
Date	199908
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fll.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl single value : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : fll.tower tower : mht.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 30F
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 110
ASRS Report	445873
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : master warning light other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : flc3
Resolutory Action	aircraft : evacuated controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On visual downwind to runway, the master warning light illuminated with the annunciator lights for cargo fire and cabin smoke. An emergency was declared with tower and the visual approach was continued. The smoke and fire checklist and cargo fire checklists were accomplished. Ground evacuate/evacuation procedures and the before landing check was accomplished. After landing, we cleared the runway on taxiway east and deployed the slide. All 4 crew members and 2 jump seaters safely evacuate/evacuationed. The airport fire department was waiting and determined that there was no fire.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC10-30 FLC HAS CARGO FIRE AND SMOKE WARNING ON VISUAL APCH TO FLL.

Narrative: ON VISUAL DOWNWIND TO RWY, THE MASTER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHTS FOR CARGO FIRE AND CABIN SMOKE. AN EMER WAS DECLARED WITH TWR AND THE VISUAL APCH WAS CONTINUED. THE SMOKE AND FIRE CHKLIST AND CARGO FIRE CHKLISTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. GND EVAC PROCS AND THE BEFORE LNDG CHK WAS ACCOMPLISHED. AFTER LNDG, WE CLRED THE RWY ON TXWY E AND DEPLOYED THE SLIDE. ALL 4 CREW MEMBERS AND 2 JUMP SEATERS SAFELY EVACED. THE ARPT FIRE DEPT WAS WAITING AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE.

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.