Engine fire warning sounded. Shut down engine and fired fire bottle. Continued to jfk.

Attributes
ACN	147240
Time
Date	199006
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : orf
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 29000 msl bound upper : 29000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc tower : mdw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 4500
ASRS Report	147240
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 5500
ASRS Report	147806
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Fire warning on #3 engine. Shut down engine. Fired fire bottle. Continued to jfk for landing. 2 engine operations normal. Chose jfk for landing due to airport familiarity, VFR WX and aircraft 2 engine normal operations. #3 engine fire warning. Engine shut down. Normal 2 engine flight to jfk.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENGINE FIRE WARNING SOUNDED. SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND FIRED FIRE BOTTLE. CONTINUED TO JFK.

Narrative: FIRE WARNING ON #3 ENG. SHUT DOWN ENG. FIRED FIRE BOTTLE. CONTINUED TO JFK FOR LNDG. 2 ENG OPS NORMAL. CHOSE JFK FOR LNDG DUE TO ARPT FAMILIARITY, VFR WX AND ACFT 2 ENG NORMAL OPS. #3 ENG FIRE WARNING. ENG SHUT DOWN. NORMAL 2 ENG FLT TO JFK.

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.