Air carrier large transport had intermittent fire warning. In-flight engine shutdown and continue to...

Attributes
ACN	80671
Time
Date	198801
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : fsd
State Reference	SD
Altitude	msl bound lower : 16500 msl bound upper : 16500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bis
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : zmp
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10700 flight time type : 7500
ASRS Report	80671
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	80672
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Fire warning light and bell #3 engine. Accomplished engine shutdown checklist, 2 gen checklist and 2 engine landing checklist. Proceeded to ord (destination) after conferring and with dispatch concurrence. Alerted ord fire department and landed west/O incident. Supplemental information from acn 80678: intermittent fire warning engine #3. Shut down engine (SOP) called center and dispatch. Thanks to priority handling we continued to ord with rsp in mind in case situation would have gotten worse. Landed safely in ord. Human performance was very good.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT HAD INTERMITTENT FIRE WARNING. INFLT ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND CONTINUE TO DESTINATION.

Narrative: FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL #3 ENG. ACCOMPLISHED ENG SHUTDOWN CHKLIST, 2 GEN CHKLIST AND 2 ENG LNDG CHKLIST. PROCEEDED TO ORD (DEST) AFTER CONFERRING AND WITH DISPATCH CONCURRENCE. ALERTED ORD FIRE DEPT AND LANDED W/O INCIDENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 80678: INTERMITTENT FIRE WARNING ENG #3. SHUT DOWN ENG (SOP) CALLED CENTER AND DISPATCH. THANKS TO PRIORITY HANDLING WE CONTINUED TO ORD WITH RSP IN MIND IN CASE SITUATION WOULD HAVE GOTTEN WORSE. LANDED SAFELY IN ORD. HUMAN PERFORMANCE WAS VERY GOOD.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.

Air carrier large transport had intermittent fire warning. In-flight engine shutdown and continue to destination.