Flight crew of a widebody transport air carrier aircraft experienced an engine fire during climb out resulting in shutting down the engine, dumping fuel and returning to land.

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Attributes
ACN	244378
Time
Date	199306
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iad
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 10000 msl bound upper : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : iad
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	244378
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	faa : investigated Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Cockpit fire warning bell and light. Visual fire indications report by crew member from L4 door. #1 engine shutdown by SOP. Normal landing after dumping fuel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A WDB ACR ACFT EXPERIENCED AN ENG FIRE DURING CLBOUT RESULTING IN SHUTTING DOWN THE ENG, DUMPING FUEL AND RETURNING TO LAND.

Narrative: COCKPIT FIRE WARNING BELL AND LIGHT. VISUAL FIRE INDICATIONS RPT BY CREW MEMBER FROM L4 DOOR. #1 ENG SHUTDOWN BY SOP. NORMAL LNDG AFTER DUMPING FUEL.

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.