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Air carrier medium large transport in-flight fire warning. Flight crew completed engine fire procedure through activating first extinguisher.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 191104 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199109 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : djb |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zob |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zob |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 191014 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
En route to cleveland we had a fire detection problem which led to a left engine fire warning. We went through the procedures...shutting down left engine and fired the bottle. Indications showed a fire still existed. Firing second bottle the engine was visually checked and we ran the checklist again. Second check showed that this was a false indication. Fire indications and left engine were visually monitored with no further indications. Aircraft landed at cleveland without further incident. Maintenance check showed faulty fire detection.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG INFLT FIRE WARNING. FLC COMPLETED ENG FIRE PROC THROUGH ACTIVATING FIRST EXTINGUISHER.
Narrative: ENRTE TO CLEVELAND WE HAD A FIRE DETECTION PROBLEM WHICH LED TO A L ENG FIRE WARNING. WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCS...SHUTTING DOWN L ENG AND FIRED THE BOTTLE. INDICATIONS SHOWED A FIRE STILL EXISTED. FIRING SECOND BOTTLE THE ENG WAS VISUALLY CHKED AND WE RAN THE CHKLIST AGAIN. SECOND CHK SHOWED THAT THIS WAS A FALSE INDICATION. FIRE INDICATIONS AND L ENG WERE VISUALLY MONITORED WITH NO FURTHER INDICATIONS. ACFT LANDED AT CLEVELAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINT CHK SHOWED FAULTY FIRE DETECTION.
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.