<< >> NASA ASRS Report 133748, January 1990

During climb, light transport type aircraft, both engine fire warnings illuminated. Flight returned to sea.

Attributes
ACN	133748
Time
Date	199001
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sea
State Reference	WA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sea
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude descent other landing other
Route In Use	departure sid : sid enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 1300
ASRS Report	133748
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	aircraft : equipment problem dissipated other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

We were climbing through 4000' when both engine fire lights illuminated in the cockpit. The engine fire in-flight checklist was called for and then we declared an emergency with seattle departure, and requested radar vectors to return back to the seattle airport. They gave us radar vectors for a visual approach to runway 16R backed up by the ILS for 16R. The passenger were then notified about the emergency. We got the airport in sight for the visual and landed on runway 16L. After landing we taxied off the runway and the emergency equipment looked over the aircraft and determined no indications of a fire, we then fired the fire bottle as a precaution. We taxied to the gate and disembarked the passenger. After the passenger were unloaded, myself and the emergency crews looked over the aircraft again to check for indications of a fire and found no indications.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING CLIMB, LTT TYPE ACFT, BOTH ENGINE FIRE WARNINGS ILLUMINATED. FLT RETURNED TO SEA.

Narrative: WE WERE CLIMBING THROUGH 4000' WHEN BOTH ENGINE FIRE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED IN THE COCKPIT. THE ENGINE FIRE INFLT CHECKLIST WAS CALLED FOR AND THEN WE DECLARED AN EMER WITH SEATTLE DEP, AND REQUESTED RADAR VECTORS TO RETURN BACK TO THE SEATTLE ARPT. THEY GAVE US RADAR VECTORS FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 16R BACKED UP BY THE ILS FOR 16R. THE PAX WERE THEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE EMER. WE GOT THE ARPT IN SIGHT FOR THE VISUAL AND LANDED ON RWY 16L. AFTER LNDG WE TAXIED OFF THE RWY AND THE EMER EQUIPMENT LOOKED OVER THE ACFT AND DETERMINED NO INDICATIONS OF A FIRE, WE THEN FIRED THE FIRE BOTTLE AS A PRECAUTION. WE TAXIED TO THE GATE AND DISEMBARKED THE PAX. AFTER THE PAX WERE UNLOADED, MYSELF AND THE EMER CREWS LOOKED OVER THE ACFT AGAIN TO CHECK FOR INDICATIONS OF A FIRE AND FOUND NO INDICATIONS.

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