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Flight crew of a B727 had APU fire warning at vr speed so rotated and climbed to safe altitude where an emergency was declared and a return overweight landing made at once. Emergency ground personnel inspected aircraft for fire. Since no fire indication was found, flight crew taxied to gate for maintenance. Crew complained of tower ground control not having a discrete frequency with which to communication with emergency ground personnel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 411028 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : atl tower : atl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 411028 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| 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 other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Takeoff atl runway 9L, at vr speed, APU fire warning indication. At a safe altitude, performed emergency and abnormal checklist. Required return and possible passenger evacuate/evacuation. Declared emergency with ZTL, return to atl runway 9L, longest runway. Landed overweight, cleared runway. Emergency equipment checked aircraft and APU area for fire, no indication of fire. Taxi to gate for maintenance. Problem area for atl airport, no separate VHF frequency for aircraft to emergency equipment, must go through active ground control frequency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B727 HAD APU FIRE WARNING AT VR SPD SO ROTATED AND CLBED TO SAFE ALT WHERE AN EMER WAS DECLARED AND A RETURN OVERWT LNDG MADE AT ONCE. EMER GND PERSONNEL INSPECTED ACFT FOR FIRE. SINCE NO FIRE INDICATION WAS FOUND, FLC TAXIED TO GATE FOR MAINT. CREW COMPLAINED OF TWR GND CTL NOT HAVING A DISCRETE FREQ WITH WHICH TO COM WITH EMER GND PERSONNEL.
Narrative: TKOF ATL RWY 9L, AT VR SPD, APU FIRE WARNING INDICATION. AT A SAFE ALT, PERFORMED EMER AND ABNORMAL CHKLIST. REQUIRED RETURN AND POSSIBLE PAX EVAC. DECLARED EMER WITH ZTL, RETURN TO ATL RWY 9L, LONGEST RWY. LANDED OVERWT, CLRED RWY. EMER EQUIP CHKED ACFT AND APU AREA FOR FIRE, NO INDICATION OF FIRE. TAXI TO GATE FOR MAINT. PROB AREA FOR ATL ARPT, NO SEPARATE VHF FREQ FOR ACFT TO EMER EQUIP, MUST GO THROUGH ACTIVE GND CTL FREQ.
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.