Flight crew of a B727-200 declared an emergency and landed at once from the visual approach in progress due to an engine fire warning bell and light. Subsequent check on the ground after landing found no indication of a fire.

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Attributes
ACN	353022
Time
Date	199611
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rsw
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 1500 agl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : rsw tower : rsw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 194 flight time total : 18142 flight time type : 4231
ASRS Report	353022
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
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:

Descending, 5 degrees flaps extended, lowered gear on visual base. Fire bell sounded, fire warning light on for #2 engine. Proceeded with engine fire checklist. Fired both bottles, completed landing check, and landed. Captain performed landing. False warning. Visually confirmed no fire from cockpit, cabin, and fire trucks personnel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A B727-200 DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED AT ONCE FROM THE VISUAL APCH IN PROGRESS DUE TO AN ENG FIRE WARNING BELL AND LIGHT. SUBSEQUENT CHK ON THE GND AFTER LNDG FOUND NO INDICATION OF A FIRE.

Narrative: DSNDING, 5 DEGS FLAPS EXTENDED, LOWERED GEAR ON VISUAL BASE. FIRE BELL SOUNDED, FIRE WARNING LIGHT ON FOR #2 ENG. PROCEEDED WITH ENG FIRE CHKLIST. FIRED BOTH BOTTLES, COMPLETED LNDG CHK, AND LANDED. CAPT PERFORMED LNDG. FALSE WARNING. VISUALLY CONFIRMED NO FIRE FROM COCKPIT, CABIN, AND FIRE TRUCKS PERSONNEL.

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.