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Flight crew of an ATR72 repositioning flight returned to land after a right engine fire indication and performing appropriate checklists. Postflt inspection revealed that there was a false fire warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 391851 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pia |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 2500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pia |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 72 |
| 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 : 100 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 391851 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During the climb we received a fire warning for the right engine. We performed all of the appropriate memory items and checklists landing in pia without further incident. The flight was a repos flight after maintenance for false fire indications on the right engine of this aircraft. This was also a false indication.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN ATR72 REPOSITIONING FLT RETURNED TO LAND AFTER A R ENG FIRE INDICATION AND PERFORMING APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS. POSTFLT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS A FALSE FIRE WARNING.
Narrative: DURING THE CLB WE RECEIVED A FIRE WARNING FOR THE R ENG. WE PERFORMED ALL OF THE APPROPRIATE MEMORY ITEMS AND CHKLISTS LNDG IN PIA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLT WAS A REPOS FLT AFTER MAINT FOR FALSE FIRE INDICATIONS ON THE R ENG OF THIS ACFT. THIS WAS ALSO A FALSE INDICATION.
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.