Fire warning system indicated fire right engine at rotation. Return land.

Attributes
ACN	235169
Time
Date	199302
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : atl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 115 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	235169
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 other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

At rotation, fire warning system announced 'fire right engine,' no other warning indications and engine appeared normal. Emergency declared with atlanta tower. Right engine shutdown as per checklist. Entered downwind vector pattern and received clearance to land on runway 27L. Landed without incident. Maintenance advises a faulty fire control unit was cause of aural warning.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FIRE WARNING SYS INDICATED FIRE R ENG AT ROTATION. RETURN LAND.

Narrative: AT ROTATION, FIRE WARNING SYS ANNOUNCED 'FIRE R ENG,' NO OTHER WARNING INDICATIONS AND ENG APPEARED NORMAL. EMER DECLARED WITH ATLANTA TWR. R ENG SHUTDOWN AS PER CHKLIST. ENTERED DOWNWIND VECTOR PATTERN AND RECEIVED CLRNC TO LAND ON RWY 27L. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINT ADVISES A FAULTY FIRE CTL UNIT WAS CAUSE OF AURAL WARNING.

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.