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During climb out the start valve open light illuminated followed shortly by fire warning. Engine shut down in accordance with operational procedures. Emergency declared and aircraft returned. ATC told emergency aircraft to level for GA aircraft. Poor ATC judgement.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 327228 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199602 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cae |
| State Reference | SC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : cae |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | F28 Mk 4000 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 8700 flight time type : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 327228 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On climb out 'start valve' light illuminated (note: only 1 light for left and right valve on FA28) followed by #2 engine fire warning. Declared emergency, accomplished procedures per pilot operations handbook and returned to cae, point of departure. Landed without incident. The following items are noteworthy: 1) the FA28 has only 1 start valve open light for the 2 valves so it is not possible to determine easily which valve is open. 2) my airline has no emergency or abnormal procedure for start valve light in flight. 3) after declaring an emergency and while operating single engine we were told to stop our descent and level off to avoid a cessna who was in radar contact and radio communication on the same frequency. I submit the cessna should have been vectored away. This occurred on cae approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING CLB OUT THE START VALVE OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY FIRE WARNING. ENG SHUT DOWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPERATIONAL PROCS. EMER DECLARED AND ACFT RETURNED. ATC TOLD EMER ACFT TO LEVEL FOR GA ACFT. POOR ATC JUDGEMENT.
Narrative: ON CLBOUT 'START VALVE' LIGHT ILLUMINATED (NOTE: ONLY 1 LIGHT FOR L AND R VALVE ON FA28) FOLLOWED BY #2 ENG FIRE WARNING. DECLARED EMER, ACCOMPLISHED PROCS PER PLT OPS HANDBOOK AND RETURNED TO CAE, POINT OF DEP. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NOTEWORTHY: 1) THE FA28 HAS ONLY 1 START VALVE OPEN LIGHT FOR THE 2 VALVES SO IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE EASILY WHICH VALVE IS OPEN. 2) MY AIRLINE HAS NO EMER OR ABNORMAL PROC FOR START VALVE LIGHT IN FLT. 3) AFTER DECLARING AN EMER AND WHILE OPERATING SINGLE ENG WE WERE TOLD TO STOP OUR DSCNT AND LEVEL OFF TO AVOID A CESSNA WHO WAS IN RADAR CONTACT AND RADIO COM ON THE SAME FREQ. I SUBMIT THE CESSNA SHOULD HAVE BEEN VECTORED AWAY. THIS OCCURRED ON CAE APCH.
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.