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Air carrier large transport experiences engine pylon overheat and engine fire warnings shortly after departure from lax.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 180643 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199106 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lax |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 18500 flight time type : 1800 |
| ASRS Report | 180643 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Right engine strut overheat light illuminated and shortly thereafter right engine fire warning. Lights went out when throttle moved to idle position. Soon the fire warning illuminated again. Engine shut down by appropriate procedures. Both bottles discharged. Fire light was illuminated for remainder for flight. ATC was notified, emergency declared, fuel dumped to maximum landing weight. Lax fire department checked engine for signs of fire after landing and reported all looked well. Even noted in aircraft logbook and aircraft turned over to maintenance departure. Company irregularity report filed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR LGT EXPERIENCES ENGINE PYLON OVERHEAT AND ENGINE FIRE WARNINGS SHORTLY AFTER DEP FROM LAX.
Narrative: RIGHT ENG STRUT OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER RIGHT ENG FIRE WARNING. LIGHTS WENT OUT WHEN THROTTLE MOVED TO IDLE POS. SOON THE FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED AGAIN. ENG SHUT DOWN BY APPROPRIATE PROCS. BOTH BOTTLES DISCHARGED. FIRE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED FOR REMAINDER FOR FLT. ATC WAS NOTIFIED, EMER DECLARED, FUEL DUMPED TO MAX LNDG WT. LAX FIRE DEPT CHKED ENG FOR SIGNS OF FIRE AFTER LNDG AND RPTED ALL LOOKED WELL. EVEN NOTED IN ACFT LOGBOOK AND ACFT TURNED OVER TO MAINT DEP. COMPANY IRREGULARITY RPT FILED.
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.