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Climbing through FL200 the #2 engine failed and the fire light illuminated. An emergency was declared and the flight returned to anchorage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 333260 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199604 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zan airport : anc |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 20000 msl bound upper : 20000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zan |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000 |
| ASRS Report | 333260 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 333256 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Climbing through FL200 #2 engine failed and fire light illuminated. An emergency was declared and pilot returned to ATC. In descent at 10000 ft aircraft leveled at 9400 ft due to altimeters having not been reset from 29.92. Return was otherwise uneventful. Fire indications did extinguish through normal procedures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CLBING THROUGH FL200 THE #2 ENG FAILED AND THE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND THE FLT RETURNED TO ANCHORAGE.
Narrative: CLBING THROUGH FL200 #2 ENG FAILED AND FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND PLT RETURNED TO ATC. IN DSCNT AT 10000 FT ACFT LEVELED AT 9400 FT DUE TO ALTIMETERS HAVING NOT BEEN RESET FROM 29.92. RETURN WAS OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL. FIRE INDICATIONS DID EXTINGUISH THROUGH NORMAL PROCS.
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.