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Attributes | |
ACN | 603122 |
Time | |
Date | 200312 |
Day | Sun |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : ont.airport |
State Reference | CA |
Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : mia.tower |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
ASRS Report | 603122 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : master caution light loop fault light other flight crewa other flight crewb |
Resolutory Action | other |
Consequence | other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Aircraft |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After landing in ont, while taxiing to the gate, we shut down #2 engine. As we were turning into the gate, the master caution light came on directing us to the fire detector loop light. We parked at the gate and ran the checklist for a loop fault. Loop test indicated we had a valid fire warning. We called tower to send crash fire rescue equipment and ran the engine fire checklist. The trucks arrived very quickly and the crash fire rescue equipment captain told us he had run a heat scan of the right engine and found no unusual heat patterns and there were no signs of fire. Captain and I were convinced it was a faulty loop light, with no fire. We called maintenance and briefed the mechanic when he got there.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80 CREW HAD A FIRE LOOP FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATE AFTER THE ENG WAS SHUT DOWN ON THE GND. CREW REQUESTED CFR RESPONSE.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG IN ONT, WHILE TAXIING TO THE GATE, WE SHUT DOWN #2 ENG. AS WE WERE TURNING INTO THE GATE, THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON DIRECTING US TO THE FIRE DETECTOR LOOP LIGHT. WE PARKED AT THE GATE AND RAN THE CHKLIST FOR A LOOP FAULT. LOOP TEST INDICATED WE HAD A VALID FIRE WARNING. WE CALLED TWR TO SEND CFR AND RAN THE ENG FIRE CHKLIST. THE TRUCKS ARRIVED VERY QUICKLY AND THE CFR CAPT TOLD US HE HAD RUN A HEAT SCAN OF THE R ENG AND FOUND NO UNUSUAL HEAT PATTERNS AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF FIRE. CAPT AND I WERE CONVINCED IT WAS A FAULTY LOOP LIGHT, WITH NO FIRE. WE CALLED MAINT AND BRIEFED THE MECH WHEN HE GOT THERE.
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.