<< >> NASA ASRS Report 939179, March 2011

A B757-200 flight crew returned to their departure airport after extinguishing a right engine fire (or warning thereof) shortly after reaching cruise altitude.

Attributes
ACN	939179
Time
Date	201103
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

At cruise altitude 134 NM north of ZZZZ the right engine fire light illuminated. Accomplished memory items and QRH procedure which required shutting down the right engine. Declared emergency and returned to the departure airport uneventfully.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 flight crew returned to their departure airport after extinguishing a right engine fire (or warning thereof) shortly after reaching cruise altitude.

Narrative: At cruise altitude 134 NM north of ZZZZ the right engine fire light illuminated. Accomplished memory items and QRH procedure which required shutting down the right engine. Declared emergency and returned to the departure airport uneventfully.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.