Air carrier medium large transport engine fire warning in climb. In-flight shutdown. Diverted to alternate airport and landed. Emergency declared.

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Attributes
ACN	100816
Time
Date	198812
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : isp airport : jfk
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : n90
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 14 flight time total : 2700
ASRS Report	100816
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Immediately after takeoff, we received a fire warning on the left engine. After retarding the throttle, the warning stopped. Left engine was shut down as a precaution, we declared an emergency and landed at jfk. I was flying initially, but the captain did the single engine approach and landing. Upon inspection, a broken anti-ice duct was found to have been blowing hot bleed air on the fire detect loops. The duct was replaced and the flight continued as planned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG ENGINE FIRE WARNING IN CLIMB. INFLT SHUTDOWN. DIVERTED TO ALTERNATE ARPT AND LANDED. EMERGENCY DECLARED.

Narrative: IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF, WE RECEIVED A FIRE WARNING ON THE LEFT ENGINE. AFTER RETARDING THE THROTTLE, THE WARNING STOPPED. LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AS A PRECAUTION, WE DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED AT JFK. I WAS FLYING INITIALLY, BUT THE CAPT DID THE SINGLE ENGINE APCH AND LNDG. UPON INSPECTION, A BROKEN ANTI-ICE DUCT WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN BLOWING HOT BLEED AIR ON THE FIRE DETECT LOOPS. THE DUCT WAS REPLACED AND THE FLT CONTINUED AS PLANNED.

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.