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Aircraft equipment problem. Engine fire warning. Shut down engine, declared emergency and returned for uneventful landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 338710 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : msp |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : msp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 338710 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 240 |
| ASRS Report | 338708 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On takeoff from runway 11R, msp, engine #3 firebell and fire handle sounded and illuminated. Performed engine fire/failure checklist, declared emergency, dumped fuel to landing weight and landed with no further occurrence. Tower and emergency vehicles saw no smoke or fire indications. Maintenance suspects faulty or shorted fire detection loop.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB. ENG FIRE WARNING. SHUT DOWN ENG, DECLARED EMER AND RETURNED FOR UNEVENTFUL LNDG.
Narrative: ON TKOF FROM RWY 11R, MSP, ENG #3 FIREBELL AND FIRE HANDLE SOUNDED AND ILLUMINATED. PERFORMED ENG FIRE/FAILURE CHKLIST, DECLARED EMER, DUMPED FUEL TO LNDG WT AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER OCCURRENCE. TWR AND EMER VEHICLES SAW NO SMOKE OR FIRE INDICATIONS. MAINT SUSPECTS FAULTY OR SHORTED FIRE DETECTION LOOP.
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.