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An embraer 120 at cruise declared an emergency and diverted due to a #1 engine fire warning caused by a defective fire warning control module.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 376213 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : ind |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 19000 msl bound upper : 19000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zid |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Brasilia EMB-120 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 376213 |
| 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 other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Level at FL190. Experiencing moderate, sometimes greater, turbulence while deviating around thunderstorms. We received an engine fire/ww warning on the #1 engine. Per the memory items and the checklist, we shut down the engine and fired both fire bottles. The light remained illuminated. We advised ZID of the emergency and received vectors to ind. Flight attendant advised that she did not see any smoke or flames. Received vectors for ILS runway 23R. Normal single-engine landing. Evacuate/evacuationed on runway. Passenger reported no injuries. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states the aircraft was an embraer 120 and it was a false fire warning caused by a defective fire warning control module.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN EMBRAER 120 AT CRUISE DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO A #1 ENG FIRE WARNING CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE FIRE WARNING CTL MODULE.
Narrative: LEVEL AT FL190. EXPERIENCING MODERATE, SOMETIMES GREATER, TURB WHILE DEVIATING AROUND TSTMS. WE RECEIVED AN ENG FIRE/WW WARNING ON THE #1 ENG. PER THE MEMORY ITEMS AND THE CHKLIST, WE SHUT DOWN THE ENG AND FIRED BOTH FIRE BOTTLES. THE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. WE ADVISED ZID OF THE EMER AND RECEIVED VECTORS TO IND. FLT ATTENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT SEE ANY SMOKE OR FLAMES. RECEIVED VECTORS FOR ILS RWY 23R. NORMAL SINGLE-ENG LNDG. EVACED ON RWY. PAX RPTED NO INJURIES. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THE ACFT WAS AN EMBRAER 120 AND IT WAS A FALSE FIRE WARNING CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE FIRE WARNING CTL MODULE.
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.