Narrative:

Departing mci we encountered a left engine fire warning immediately after rotation. Determined the indication was false due to an alternating indication of fire warning and fire loop failure. Returned immediately to runway 27 after departing runway 19L. Emergency equipment had been called out by the tower because of their uncertainty about our immediate return. The landing gear was not brought up in the anxiety of dealing with the incident. In my opinion this would have only compounded the problem since we never climbed above 800 ft AGL and were in the air less than 2 mins. Maintenance reported a severed aft fire loop in the left engine nacelle.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BE02 COMMUTER RETURN LAND ACCOUNT ENG FIRE WARNING. CREW SUSPECTS A FALSE WARNING. TWR CTLR CALLS OUT THE EMER GND EQUIP.

Narrative: DEPARTING MCI WE ENCOUNTERED A L ENG FIRE WARNING IMMEDIATELY AFTER ROTATION. DETERMINED THE INDICATION WAS FALSE DUE TO AN ALTERNATING INDICATION OF FIRE WARNING AND FIRE LOOP FAILURE. RETURNED IMMEDIATELY TO RWY 27 AFTER DEPARTING RWY 19L. EMER EQUIP HAD BEEN CALLED OUT BY THE TWR BECAUSE OF THEIR UNCERTAINTY ABOUT OUR IMMEDIATE RETURN. THE LNDG GEAR WAS NOT BROUGHT UP IN THE ANXIETY OF DEALING WITH THE INCIDENT. IN MY OPINION THIS WOULD HAVE ONLY COMPOUNDED THE PROB SINCE WE NEVER CLBED ABOVE 800 FT AGL AND WERE IN THE AIR LESS THAN 2 MINS. MAINT RPTED A SEVERED AFT FIRE LOOP IN THE L ENG NACELLE.

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.