An air carrier widebody transport frtr had to return land after an in-flight fire engine.

Attributes
ACN	249858
Time
Date	199308
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : nrt
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 0 msl bound upper : 800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : nrt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : initial landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	249858
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : exited adverse environment other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Depart nrt airport, on initial climb. At approximately 800 ft MSL, #3 fire warn activated. Clean-up situation with appropriate emergency checklist. Dump fuel, return nrt. Landed 100000 pounds overweight. Engine #1 exceeded rated egt on reverse, was shut down. Due to overweight landing and only 2 engines for reverse, excessive braking was required. Subsequently, 16 main wheel tires and brakes were replaced. Airport was closed for about 5-10 mins.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR WDB FRTR HAD TO RETURN LAND AFTER AN INFLT FIRE ENG.

Narrative: DEPART NRT ARPT, ON INITIAL CLB. AT APPROX 800 FT MSL, #3 FIRE WARN ACTIVATED. CLEAN-UP SIT WITH APPROPRIATE EMER CHKLIST. DUMP FUEL, RETURN NRT. LANDED 100000 LBS OVERWT. ENG #1 EXCEEDED RATED EGT ON REVERSE, WAS SHUT DOWN. DUE TO OVERWT LNDG AND ONLY 2 ENGS FOR REVERSE, EXCESSIVE BRAKING WAS REQUIRED. SUBSEQUENTLY, 16 MAIN WHEEL TIRES AND BRAKES WERE REPLACED. ARPT WAS CLOSED FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINS.

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.