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An MD80 on initial climb at 8000 ft had right engine 'B' fire warning light. One time bell and light annunciated for 5 seconds. Diverted to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 666414 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200507 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : zzz.vor |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 666414 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : right eng fire warning other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On climb out we got intermittent loop 'B' right engine fire warning light. One time the fire bell and light and 'right engine fire' all annunciated for about 5 seconds. Contacted maintenance and decided to return to ZZZ. Landed overweight at 137000 pounds. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated on return to the field; maintenance found an engine pneumatic bleed duct leak.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 ON INITIAL CLB AT 8000 FT HAD R ENG 'B' FIRE WARNING LIGHT. ONE TIME BELL AND LIGHT ANNUNCIATED FOR 5 SECONDS. DIVERTED TO DEP ARPT.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT WE GOT INTERMITTENT LOOP 'B' R ENG FIRE WARNING LIGHT. ONE TIME THE FIRE BELL AND LIGHT AND 'R ENG FIRE' ALL ANNUNCIATED FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. CONTACTED MAINT AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO ZZZ. LANDED OVERWT AT 137000 LBS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED ON RETURN TO THE FIELD; MAINT FOUND AN ENG PNEUMATIC BLEED DUCT LEAK.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.