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A widebody transport 3 engine freighter on landing rollout and #1 engine fire warning caused by broken wires on the engine detection loop.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 462099 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr.airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Snow Ice Rain |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 24900 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 462099 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : #1 engine fire warning |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After landing on runway 4R at ewr and during rollout, we got a fire warning on #1 engine. We shut down the engine and informed the tower of a fire on #1 engine and called for the emergency equipment. There was no evidence of a fire. The aircraft was towed to the gate. Maintenance found some broken wires in the fire detection system that caused the fire warning.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A WDB 3 ENG FREIGHTER ON LNDG ROLLOUT AND #1 ENG FIRE WARNING CAUSED BY BROKEN WIRES ON THE ENG DETECTION LOOP.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON RWY 4R AT EWR AND DURING ROLLOUT, WE GOT A FIRE WARNING ON #1 ENG. WE SHUT DOWN THE ENG AND INFORMED THE TWR OF A FIRE ON #1 ENG AND CALLED FOR THE EMER EQUIP. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE. THE ACFT WAS TOWED TO THE GATE. MAINT FOUND SOME BROKEN WIRES IN THE FIRE DETECTION SYS THAT CAUSED THE FIRE WARNING.
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.