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A B757-200 received a left engine fire; forward cargo fire; and aft cargo fire warnings on takeoff. Emergency declared and flight returned to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 720608 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200612 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 720608 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 720616 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Detailed description of the event: all preflight and departure operations check normal for flight. Upon rotation during takeoff noticed red flash on 'ecias' screen. Reaching 400 ft the following lights illuminate on 'ecias' screen...left engine fire; forward cargo fire; aft cargo fire. I then noticed left engine egt was reading 816. Pulled throttle back to attempt to alleviate the over-temperature situation on left engine. No other indication of an actual fire (engine parameters were normal; no fire bell; engine fire panel; F/C control light; all negative). We elected not to shut down engine and then declared an emergency. Requested ATC send crash fire rescue equipment equipment to meet us upon landing; as we were not sure exactly what the situation was ahead of us. Landing on runway 24L was uneventful other than an overweight landing and upon rollout...crash fire rescue equipment met the airplane to look us over. Thermal scanning indicated no fire of any type in the cargo area or engine. We then proceeded to taxi and park. Shutdown normal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757-200 RECEIVED A L ENG FIRE; FORWARD CARGO FIRE; AND AFT CARGO FIRE WARNINGS ON TKOF. EMER DECLARED AND FLT RETURNED TO LAND.
Narrative: DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT: ALL PREFLT AND DEP OPS CHK NORMAL FOR FLT. UPON ROTATION DURING TKOF NOTICED RED FLASH ON 'ECIAS' SCREEN. REACHING 400 FT THE FOLLOWING LIGHTS ILLUMINATE ON 'ECIAS' SCREEN...L ENG FIRE; FORWARD CARGO FIRE; AFT CARGO FIRE. I THEN NOTICED L ENG EGT WAS READING 816. PULLED THROTTLE BACK TO ATTEMPT TO ALLEVIATE THE OVER-TEMP SIT ON L ENG. NO OTHER INDICATION OF AN ACTUAL FIRE (ENG PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL; NO FIRE BELL; ENG FIRE PANEL; F/C CTL LIGHT; ALL NEGATIVE). WE ELECTED NOT TO SHUT DOWN ENG AND THEN DECLARED AN EMER. REQUESTED ATC SEND CFR EQUIP TO MEET US UPON LNDG; AS WE WERE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE SIT WAS AHEAD OF US. LNDG ON RWY 24L WAS UNEVENTFUL OTHER THAN AN OVERWT LNDG AND UPON ROLLOUT...CFR MET THE AIRPLANE TO LOOK US OVER. THERMAL SCANNING INDICATED NO FIRE OF ANY TYPE IN THE CARGO AREA OR ENG. WE THEN PROCEEDED TO TAXI AND PARK. SHUTDOWN NORMAL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.