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A saab 340B in climb at 7600 declared an emergency and diverted due to a fire warning in #2 engine caused by a fire warning overheat system failure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 388202 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : act |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7600 msl bound upper : 7600 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | SF 340B |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude other other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zfw |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1900 |
| ASRS Report | 388202 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 6700 flight time type : 1420 |
| ASRS Report | 387227 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During climb from ile at approximately 7600 ft, the #2 engine fire warning activated on the central warning panel. I declared an emergency to ATC and told them to stand by. The captain and I executed the emergency procedures in accordance with the aircraft operators manual. We then backed up the memory items with the checklist. I informed ATC that we would like to divert to act (waco, tx), which was only 20 DME from our current position. The landing was made uneventfully. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the aircraft was a saab 340B and the fire warning was a false warning caused by a fire/overheat system component failure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A SAAB 340B IN CLB AT 7600 DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO A FIRE WARNING IN #2 ENG CAUSED BY A FIRE WARNING OVERHEAT SYS FAILURE.
Narrative: DURING CLB FROM ILE AT APPROX 7600 FT, THE #2 ENG FIRE WARNING ACTIVATED ON THE CENTRAL WARNING PANEL. I DECLARED AN EMER TO ATC AND TOLD THEM TO STAND BY. THE CAPT AND I EXECUTED THE EMER PROCS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACFT OPERATORS MANUAL. WE THEN BACKED UP THE MEMORY ITEMS WITH THE CHKLIST. I INFORMED ATC THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DIVERT TO ACT (WACO, TX), WHICH WAS ONLY 20 DME FROM OUR CURRENT POS. THE LNDG WAS MADE UNEVENTFULLY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A SAAB 340B AND THE FIRE WARNING WAS A FALSE WARNING CAUSED BY A FIRE/OVERHEAT SYS COMPONENT FAILURE.
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.