A canadair CL65 on taxi after landing declared an emergency and evacuated the aircraft due to left e...

Attributes
ACN	546930
Time
Date	200205
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
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 : 6500 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	546930
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical maintenance problem : non compliance with mel non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fire warning left eng other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	aircraft : evacuated flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : non compliance with legal requirements performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : fault isolation
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance
Situations
Publication	MEL

Narrative:

Erroneous fire fail messages while in terminal area after landing, jet pipe overheat message posted twice. Passenger evacuated without incident or injury. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the cause of this incident was poor maintenance and inexperience as all the good mechanics have left. The reporter said one fire loop on the left engine was deferred for not testing per the MEL but the special procedures were not satisfied. The reporter stated the remaining loop had a long history of no test and false warnings and could not meet the minimum equipment special procedures requirements. The reporter said when the fire warning light and bell came on during taxi the engine was shutdown and the light went out but after a short delay the light and bell came on again. The reporter stated the decision was made to evacuate the airplane. The reporter said no injuries were incurred.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CANADAIR CL65 ON TAXI AFTER LNDG DECLARED AN EMER AND EVACUATED THE ACFT DUE TO LEFT ENG FIRE WARNING.

Narrative: ERRONEOUS FIRE FAIL MESSAGES WHILE IN TERMINAL AREA AFTER LNDG, JET PIPE OVERHEAT MSG POSTED TWICE. PAX EVACUATED WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT WAS POOR MAINT AND INEXPERIENCE AS ALL THE GOOD MECHANICS HAVE LEFT. THE RPTR SAID ONE FIRE LOOP ON THE LEFT ENG WAS DEFERRED FOR NOT TESTING PER THE MEL BUT THE SPECIAL PROCEDURES WERE NOT SATISFIED. THE RPTR STATED THE REMAINING LOOP HAD A LONG HISTORY OF NO TEST AND FALSE WARNINGS AND COULD NOT MEET THE MINIMUM EQUIP SPECIAL PROCEDURES REQUIREMENTS. THE RPTR SAID WHEN THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL CAME ON DURING TAXI THE ENG WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT BUT AFTER A SHORT DELAY THE LIGHT AND BELL CAME ON AGAIN. THE RPTR STATED THE DECISION WAS MADE TO EVACUATE THE AIRPLANE. THE RPTR SAID NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED.

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.

A canadair CL65 on taxi after landing declared an emergency and evacuated the aircraft due to left engine fire warning.