Cargo fire light. Extinguisher fired. Continued intermittent warning.

Attributes
ACN	197198
Time
Date	199112
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	msl bound lower : 23000 msl bound upper : 23000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zob
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 17000
ASRS Report	197198
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	aircraft : equipment problem dissipated
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The forward cargo fire light came on momentarily several times. We fired an extinguisher bottle and we had several erratic fire lights after firing the bottle. We decided that the indications were probably erroneous. We asked for and received expedited routing to dtw and had fire equipment standing by at the airport. Nothing unusual was found and we proceeded to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CARGO FIRE LIGHT. EXTINGUISHER FIRED. CONTINUED INTERMITTENT WARNING.

Narrative: THE FORWARD CARGO FIRE LIGHT CAME ON MOMENTARILY SEVERAL TIMES. WE FIRED AN EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE AND WE HAD SEVERAL ERRATIC FIRE LIGHTS AFTER FIRING THE BOTTLE. WE DECIDED THAT THE INDICATIONS WERE PROBABLY ERRONEOUS. WE ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED EXPEDITED RTING TO DTW AND HAD FIRE EQUIP STANDING BY AT THE ARPT. NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS FOUND AND WE PROCEEDED TO THE GATE.

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.