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A B727 captain declared an emergency after the engine #2 fire light and bell were activated during initial climb out from dfw.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 458154 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199912 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : dxo.vor |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Ice Rain |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d21.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 4080 |
| ASRS Report | 458154 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On initial climb, #2 engine fire light and fire warning bell came on. #2 engine thrust lever was pulled to idle and after approximately 30 seconds, the fire warning light went out. We elected to leave #2 engine run at idle until landing rollout. We declared an emergency and first officer flew ILS approach to runway 21. Emergency terminated after arff reported that no visible indications of fire on #2 engine were apparent. As an additional note: as the #2 thrust lever was pulled to idle it would spring back to the 2.0 index on the throttle quadrant. After about 3 mins of holding thrust lever at idle the lever remained at idle with no spring back.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 CAPT DECLARED AN EMER AFTER THE ENG #2 FIRE LIGHT AND BELL WERE ACTIVATED DURING INITIAL CLBOUT FROM DFW.
Narrative: ON INITIAL CLB, #2 ENG FIRE LIGHT AND FIRE WARNING BELL CAME ON. #2 ENG THRUST LEVER WAS PULLED TO IDLE AND AFTER APPROX 30 SECONDS, THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT WENT OUT. WE ELECTED TO LEAVE #2 ENG RUN AT IDLE UNTIL LNDG ROLLOUT. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND FO FLEW ILS APCH TO RWY 21. EMER TERMINATED AFTER ARFF RPTED THAT NO VISIBLE INDICATIONS OF FIRE ON #2 ENG WERE APPARENT. AS AN ADDITIONAL NOTE: AS THE #2 THRUST LEVER WAS PULLED TO IDLE IT WOULD SPRING BACK TO THE 2.0 INDEX ON THE THROTTLE QUADRANT. AFTER ABOUT 3 MINS OF HOLDING THRUST LEVER AT IDLE THE LEVER REMAINED AT IDLE WITH NO SPRING BACK.
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.