Had left engine fire warning after takeoff atl. Return land.

Attributes
ACN	147833
Time
Date	199006
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 1000 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : atl artcc : zau
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	147833
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Had engine fire warning on left engine. Ran checklists flew airplane and returned uneventfully. Impressions from incident. It's not like a simulator where things are usually more cut and dry. Workload is quite high due to need to share and interact with cockpit crew, F/as, ATC. Being mentally prepared makes a high degree of difference in the outcome. This was a VFR return to an excellent facility. An IFR return in icing with multiple failures on such short notice would be highly challenging. A preflight briefing assuming a worst case airborne scenario will save lives but only if it's done!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HAD LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING AFTER TKOF ATL. RETURN LAND.

Narrative: HAD ENG FIRE WARNING ON L ENG. RAN CHKLISTS FLEW AIRPLANE AND RETURNED UNEVENTFULLY. IMPRESSIONS FROM INCIDENT. IT'S NOT LIKE A SIMULATOR WHERE THINGS ARE USUALLY MORE CUT AND DRY. WORKLOAD IS QUITE HIGH DUE TO NEED TO SHARE AND INTERACT WITH COCKPIT CREW, F/AS, ATC. BEING MENTALLY PREPARED MAKES A HIGH DEG OF DIFFERENCE IN THE OUTCOME. THIS WAS A VFR RETURN TO AN EXCELLENT FAC. AN IFR RETURN IN ICING WITH MULTIPLE FAILURES ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE WOULD BE HIGHLY CHALLENGING. A PREFLT BRIEFING ASSUMING A WORST CASE AIRBORNE SCENARIO WILL SAVE LIVES BUT ONLY IF IT'S DONE!

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.