Flight crew of a widebody transport declared an emergency and returned to land after shutting down an engine due to a fire warning.

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Attributes
ACN	324912
Time
Date	199601
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 27000 msl bound upper : 27000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	324912
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	faa : investigated Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Engine shutdown/overweight emergency return. Climbing out of FL270 got a #2 nacelle overheat advisory on ECAM followed by #2 fire warning. Shut down #2 with relevant checklists, declared emergency, returned to jfk for an overweight landing. Landing uneventful. Had aircraft towed to gate due to icy conditions. Worried that steering on ice with asymmetrical power might be awkward.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A WDB DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO LAND AFTER SHUTTING DOWN AN ENG DUE TO A FIRE WARNING.

Narrative: ENG SHUTDOWN/OVERWT EMER RETURN. CLBING OUT OF FL270 GOT A #2 NACELLE OVERHEAT ADVISORY ON ECAM FOLLOWED BY #2 FIRE WARNING. SHUT DOWN #2 WITH RELEVANT CHKLISTS, DECLARED EMER, RETURNED TO JFK FOR AN OVERWT LNDG. LNDG UNEVENTFUL. HAD ACFT TOWED TO GATE DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS. WORRIED THAT STEERING ON ICE WITH ASYMMETRICAL PWR MIGHT BE AWKWARD.

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.