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B757 captain reports engine fire loop status message during climb and elects to declare an emergency and return to departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 781796 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200804 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 34000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon tracon : sct.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : vacating altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 781796 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Climbing out of FL340; we had a r-hand engine fire loop #1 status message. Initially; it came on intermittently then came on steady. We declared an emergency and returned to ZZZZ had crash fire rescue equipment trucks standing by and landed overweight at 204000 pounds with a descent rate of 600 FPM and a smooth landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 CAPT REPORTS ENGINE FIRE LOOP STATUS MESSAGE DURING CLIMB AND ELECTS TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND RETURN TO DEPARTURE ARPT.
Narrative: CLBING OUT OF FL340; WE HAD A R-HAND ENG FIRE LOOP #1 STATUS MESSAGE. INITIALLY; IT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY THEN CAME ON STEADY. WE DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO ZZZZ HAD CFR TRUCKS STANDING BY AND LANDED OVERWT AT 204000 LBS WITH A DSCNT RATE OF 600 FPM AND A SMOOTH LNDG.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.