A300 aircraft on early climb from airport had fire indication on ECAM for #1 engine. First officer was flying on IOE and captain check pilot took control of aircraft, reduced thrust to idle and fire indication ceased. Engine was shutdown and flight crew returned to departure airport. After landing heat build up in tires caused #1 and #5 to deflate. Passenger were deplaned on taxiway with ramp stands.

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Attributes
ACN	365479
Time
Date	199704
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : mia tower : ord
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : initial other
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	365479
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	365478
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On climb out from mia fire indication on ECAM for #1 engine. Also light in fire handle. No secondary indications reduced engine to idle and fire indication ceased. Shut engine down and returned to mia and landed. On taxi-in #1 and #5 tires deflated due to heat buildup. Stopped aircraft and deplaned passenger by ramp stands due to inability to taxi aircraft with flat tires.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 ACFT ON EARLY CLB FROM ARPT HAD FIRE INDICATION ON ECAM FOR #1 ENG. FO WAS FLYING ON IOE AND CAPT CHK PLT TOOK CTL OF ACFT, REDUCED THRUST TO IDLE AND FIRE INDICATION CEASED. ENG WAS SHUTDOWN AND FLC RETURNED TO DEP ARPT. AFTER LNDG HEAT BUILD UP IN TIRES CAUSED #1 AND #5 TO DEFLATE. PAX WERE DEPLANED ON TXWY WITH RAMP STANDS.

Narrative: ON CLBOUT FROM MIA FIRE INDICATION ON ECAM FOR #1 ENG. ALSO LIGHT IN FIRE HANDLE. NO SECONDARY INDICATIONS REDUCED ENG TO IDLE AND FIRE INDICATION CEASED. SHUT ENG DOWN AND RETURNED TO MIA AND LANDED. ON TAXI-IN #1 AND #5 TIRES DEFLATED DUE TO HEAT BUILDUP. STOPPED ACFT AND DEPLANED PAX BY RAMP STANDS DUE TO INABILITY TO TAXI ACFT WITH FLAT TIRES.

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.