<< >> NASA ASRS Report 460245, January 2000

A B727 departure flight is mandated to return land at lax after the aircraft suffers a fire warning light 10 mi west of lax, ca.

Attributes
ACN	460245
Time
Date	200001
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 7800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 7700
ASRS Report	460245
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fire warning
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

#1 engine fire light illuminated. During checklist, after emergency was declared, we momentarily deviated from 10000 ft assigned altitude by 200 ft. Descended and landed uneventfully.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B727 DEP FLT IS MANDATED TO RETURN LAND AT LAX AFTER THE ACFT SUFFERS A FIRE WARNING LIGHT 10 MI W OF LAX, CA.

Narrative: #1 ENG FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DURING CHKLIST, AFTER EMER WAS DECLARED, WE MOMENTARILY DEVIATED FROM 10000 FT ASSIGNED ALT BY 200 FT. DSNDED AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

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.