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After engine fire warning B737 crew elected to leave engine running when warning extinguished with thrust in idle. Subsequent inspection, after emergency landing, found wine in the fire warning control box.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 444123 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199907 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cle.airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl single value : 31000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zob.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 175 |
| ASRS Report | 441123 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 444099 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical cabin event other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fire warning other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance Cabin Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Engine fire warning on #1 engine at cruise. Extinguished after engine at idle. Fault warning light intermittently on. Fire detected. Tested normally and there were no abnormal engine readings. Cle was nearest suitable so we diverted. Did not shut down engine. It was a detection problem. Engine okay. Uneventful landing. Requested fire trucks. Declared emergency. Supplemental information from acn 444099: did an engine out landing procedure with engine in idle. After landing, we shut down engine and taxied clear. Fire department did an inspection. All was well. We taxied to gate and shut down. Maintenance discovered a large quantity of red wine had spilled from first class galley and worked its way down to east&east compartment. Pan the fire warning box was in, was full of wine, including the box.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER ENG FIRE WARNING B737 CREW ELECTED TO LEAVE ENG RUNNING WHEN WARNING EXTINGUISHED WITH THRUST IN IDLE. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION, AFTER EMER LNDG, FOUND WINE IN THE FIRE WARNING CTL BOX.
Narrative: ENG FIRE WARNING ON #1 ENG AT CRUISE. EXTINGUISHED AFTER ENG AT IDLE. FAULT WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ON. FIRE DETECTED. TESTED NORMALLY AND THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL ENG READINGS. CLE WAS NEAREST SUITABLE SO WE DIVERTED. DID NOT SHUT DOWN ENG. IT WAS A DETECTION PROB. ENG OKAY. UNEVENTFUL LNDG. REQUESTED FIRE TRUCKS. DECLARED EMER. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 444099: DID AN ENG OUT LNDG PROC WITH ENG IN IDLE. AFTER LNDG, WE SHUT DOWN ENG AND TAXIED CLR. FIRE DEPT DID AN INSPECTION. ALL WAS WELL. WE TAXIED TO GATE AND SHUT DOWN. MAINT DISCOVERED A LARGE QUANTITY OF RED WINE HAD SPILLED FROM FIRST CLASS GALLEY AND WORKED ITS WAY DOWN TO E&E COMPARTMENT. PAN THE FIRE WARNING BOX WAS IN, WAS FULL OF WINE, INCLUDING THE BOX.
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.