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Flight crew of an medium large transport air carrier aircraft returned to land after both the engine fire extinguisher bottles low pressure lights illuminated indicating that they had been discharged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 245838 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| 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 Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 245838 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 245482 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Upon gear retraction first officer noticed #1 and #2 fire bottle were illuminated. The lights are located below the glare shield (medium large transport aircraft) and not easily visible. It could have been missed on preflight but I don't think so. Investigating previous write-up, it was found both #1 and #2 fire bottles were changes by maintenance within 60 days. It is also possible to fire both bottles as a result of an electrical short which could have happened on takeoff at lga, as runways are very rough.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG ACR ACFT RETURNED TO LAND AFTER BOTH THE ENG FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES LOW PRESSURE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INDICATING THAT THEY HAD BEEN DISCHARGED.
Narrative: UPON GEAR RETRACTION FO NOTICED #1 AND #2 FIRE BOTTLE WERE ILLUMINATED. THE LIGHTS ARE LOCATED BELOW THE GLARE SHIELD (MLG ACFT) AND NOT EASILY VISIBLE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN MISSED ON PREFLT BUT I DON'T THINK SO. INVESTIGATING PREVIOUS WRITE-UP, IT WAS FOUND BOTH #1 AND #2 FIRE BOTTLES WERE CHANGES BY MAINT WITHIN 60 DAYS. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO FIRE BOTH BOTTLES AS A RESULT OF AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WHICH COULD HAVE HAPPENED ON TKOF AT LGA, AS RWYS ARE VERY ROUGH.
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.