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DC9 flight crew return land due to cargo compartment smoke detector activated. Emergency crash fire rescue equipment standing by.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 505908 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200103 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lih.airport |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lih.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 50 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 8000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : forward cargo door other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On takeoff from runway 3 at lihue airport, at about 200 ft the forward cargo smoke detector activated for about 5 seconds and stopped for about 10 seconds and it went on again for about 5 seconds. Returned to airport for landing. Had emergency equipment standing by. Made normal landing and taxied off on taxiway D and had crash fire rescue equipment check forward cargo bin for smoke. No smoke found. Taxied and terminated emergency. Found out later that the forward cargo bin was open. There was no indications in the cockpit that the door was open when performing the taxi and takeoff checklists.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DC9 FLC RETURN LAND DUE TO CARGO COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED. EMER CFR STANDING BY.
Narrative: ON TKOF FROM RWY 3 AT LIHUE ARPT, AT ABOUT 200 FT THE FORWARD CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND STOPPED FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS AND IT WENT ON AGAIN FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. RETURNED TO ARPT FOR LNDG. HAD EMER EQUIP STANDING BY. MADE NORMAL LNDG AND TAXIED OFF ON TXWY D AND HAD CFR CHK FORWARD CARGO BIN FOR SMOKE. NO SMOKE FOUND. TAXIED AND TERMINATED EMER. FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE FORWARD CARGO BIN WAS OPEN. THERE WAS NO INDICATIONS IN THE COCKPIT THAT THE DOOR WAS OPEN WHEN PERFORMING THE TAXI AND TKOF CHKLISTS.
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.