Narrative:

Fire bell and lights activated. No visual sign of flame or smoke. No erratic engine indications. Right engine secured and shut down. Memory items/checklist executed. ATC notified declared an emergency. Crew recognized, confirmed the occurrence. Continued to final destination (pit, PA). Closest route with best service for emergency already being handled, pit approach. First officer's first flight out of IOE. Snow storm/IMC during and to dusk. Pit down to 1 runway 28R with patches of ice. Crosswind 60 degrees estimated 15-17 KTS. Single engine ILS executed with no deviations and uneventful landing. Passenger debriefed at the gate. Met with local emergency ground equipment (followed aircraft to the gate). Met with company maintenance, found to be false indication, crew not informed why or how, crew did activate first bottle, shot 1 bottle. Company maintenance states no extinguisher in or around cowling, does not believe discharge occurred. Bottle psi still good, when crew activated fire bottle, fire lights did go out. Crew executed duties by the book. Never informed of final outcome.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER FO'S RPT REGARDING A FALSE WARNING ON ONE ENG WHICH WAS SHUT DOWN AS THE FLT PROCEEDED TO DEST ARPT, PIT, PA.

Narrative: FIRE BELL AND LIGHTS ACTIVATED. NO VISUAL SIGN OF FLAME OR SMOKE. NO ERRATIC ENG INDICATIONS. R ENG SECURED AND SHUT DOWN. MEMORY ITEMS/CHKLIST EXECUTED. ATC NOTIFIED DECLARED AN EMER. CREW RECOGNIZED, CONFIRMED THE OCCURRENCE. CONTINUED TO FINAL DEST (PIT, PA). CLOSEST RTE WITH BEST SVC FOR EMER ALREADY BEING HANDLED, PIT APCH. FO'S FIRST FLT OUT OF IOE. SNOW STORM/IMC DURING AND TO DUSK. PIT DOWN TO 1 RWY 28R WITH PATCHES OF ICE. XWIND 60 DEGS ESTIMATED 15-17 KTS. SINGLE ENG ILS EXECUTED WITH NO DEVS AND UNEVENTFUL LNDG. PAX DEBRIEFED AT THE GATE. MET WITH LCL EMER GND EQUIP (FOLLOWED ACFT TO THE GATE). MET WITH COMPANY MAINT, FOUND TO BE FALSE INDICATION, CREW NOT INFORMED WHY OR HOW, CREW DID ACTIVATE FIRST BOTTLE, SHOT 1 BOTTLE. COMPANY MAINT STATES NO EXTINGUISHER IN OR AROUND COWLING, DOES NOT BELIEVE DISCHARGE OCCURRED. BOTTLE PSI STILL GOOD, WHEN CREW ACTIVATED FIRE BOTTLE, FIRE LIGHTS DID GO OUT. CREW EXECUTED DUTIES BY THE BOOK. NEVER INFORMED OF FINAL OUTCOME.

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.