Flight crew of an widebody transport had an engine fire warning and shut down engine just after takeoff and returned to land. Emergency ground equipment standby.

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Attributes
ACN	296857
Time
Date	199502
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sea
State Reference	WA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sea
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
ASRS Report	296857
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
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 other
Consequence	faa : investigated Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

3 mins after takeoff #1 engine reverser unlock light came on for about 10 seconds, then went out. 5 seconds later #1 engine fire warning came on. #1 engine shutdown per checklist. Returned to sea and landed emergency declared - equipment standing by landing uneventful. Maintenance found cracked high pressure bleed air duct on #1 engine.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN WDB HAD AN ENG FIRE WARNING AND SHUT DOWN ENG JUST AFTER TKOF AND RETURNED TO LAND. EMER GND EQUIP STANDBY.

Narrative: 3 MINS AFTER TKOF #1 ENG REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS, THEN WENT OUT. 5 SECONDS LATER #1 ENG FIRE WARNING CAME ON. #1 ENG SHUTDOWN PER CHKLIST. RETURNED TO SEA AND LANDED EMER DECLARED - EQUIP STANDING BY LNDG UNEVENTFUL. MAINT FOUND CRACKED HIGH PRESSURE BLEED AIR DUCT ON #1 ENG.

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.