Narrative:

We departed freeport and the right firewall fuel valve handle lit up. We took the necessary precautions and advised freeport tower we wanted priority landing! She advised us of an aircraft 20 mi out and that we were #2 or #3. We just took off and she really gave us the runaround. My suggestion is to see why freeport has non radar environments. This island is just waiting for an accident to happen! One time freeport tower cleared us to land because he heard us fly over the tower. By the way the engine was ok and checked by maintenance hours later. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the controller would not give priority to this reporter's aircraft over the L101 without an emergency declaration, so the flight crew returned to land at fpo after declaring an emergency. On short final at about 300 ft, the light extinguished. Investigation by maintenance found water on the photo sensitive cell that is part of the detection system. Reporter reiterated concerns about freeport and not trusting their handling of traffic. He has even heard children screaming in the background of tower xmissions and thinks that this kind of controller distraction could be a contributing factor to an accident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AFTER TKOF FROM FPO, A BE99 FLC RECEIVED A FIREWALL FUEL VALVE WARNING. WHEN THE FLC ASKED THE TWR CTLR FOR PRIORITY BACK TO THE ARPT, THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE #2 OR #3 FOR LNDG. THEY DECLARED AN EMER IN ORDER TO GET AN IMMEDIATE CLRNC TO LAND.

Narrative: WE DEPARTED FREEPORT AND THE R FIREWALL FUEL VALVE HANDLE LIT UP. WE TOOK THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND ADVISED FREEPORT TWR WE WANTED PRIORITY LNDG! SHE ADVISED US OF AN ACFT 20 MI OUT AND THAT WE WERE #2 OR #3. WE JUST TOOK OFF AND SHE REALLY GAVE US THE RUNAROUND. MY SUGGESTION IS TO SEE WHY FREEPORT HAS NON RADAR ENVIRONMENTS. THIS ISLAND IS JUST WAITING FOR AN ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN! ONE TIME FREEPORT TWR CLRED US TO LAND BECAUSE HE HEARD US FLY OVER THE TWR. BY THE WAY THE ENG WAS OK AND CHKED BY MAINT HRS LATER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE CTLR WOULD NOT GIVE PRIORITY TO THIS RPTR'S ACFT OVER THE L101 WITHOUT AN EMER DECLARATION, SO THE FLC RETURNED TO LAND AT FPO AFTER DECLARING AN EMER. ON SHORT FINAL AT ABOUT 300 FT, THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. INVESTIGATION BY MAINT FOUND WATER ON THE PHOTO SENSITIVE CELL THAT IS PART OF THE DETECTION SYS. RPTR REITERATED CONCERNS ABOUT FREEPORT AND NOT TRUSTING THEIR HANDLING OF TFC. HE HAS EVEN HEARD CHILDREN SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND OF TWR XMISSIONS AND THINKS THAT THIS KIND OF CTLR DISTR COULD BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO AN ACCIDENT.

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.