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Flight crew of a B757 declared an emergency and diverted to land after an engine fire warning, and subsequent engine shutdown, during cruise at FL370.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 462927 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200002 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : jst.vortac |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 37000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | arrival star : har.bunts1 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 120 |
| ASRS Report | 462927 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 462055 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : engine fire warning other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
B757 flight from sea to phl. While at FL370, just prior to starting the bunts arrival into phl, we got a fire indication on the left engine. The engine was shut down per our procedures. The WX at both phl and pit was poor, so we decided to divert to iad. All checklist items were accomplished. We landed without further problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B757 DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED TO LAND AFTER AN ENG FIRE WARNING, AND SUBSEQUENT ENG SHUTDOWN, DURING CRUISE AT FL370.
Narrative: B757 FLT FROM SEA TO PHL. WHILE AT FL370, JUST PRIOR TO STARTING THE BUNTS ARR INTO PHL, WE GOT A FIRE INDICATION ON THE L ENG. THE ENG WAS SHUT DOWN PER OUR PROCS. THE WX AT BOTH PHL AND PIT WAS POOR, SO WE DECIDED TO DIVERT TO IAD. ALL CHKLIST ITEMS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. WE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBS.
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.