A SF340 received a tail pipe hot light illuminated after takeoff which required an engine shutdown a...

Attributes
ACN	949292
Time
Date	201105
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SF 340B
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Fire/Overheat Warning
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

While climbing through 5;000 ft departing; the crew was alerted to a tail pipe hot indication through the warning system. The crew then immediately ran the qrc and QRH which eventually led to a precautionary engine shutdown in flight. The crew declared an emergency and received vectors from approach back to the airport for the ILS. The flight deck crew notified the flight attendant and made it clear that it would be a normal landing with no evacuation. The crew then notified the single passenger on-board of the situation and instructed operation to notify our company of the situation and continued to the airport. Then performed all of the remaining checklists and landed without incident and taxied to the gate. It was determined that the engine cowl had frayed wiring which resulted in the indication. We followed qrc and QRH and performed a precautionary engine shutdown.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A SF340 received a Tail Pipe Hot Light illuminated after takeoff which required an engine shutdown as the crew followed the QRH. After an emergency return to the airport a faulty wire in the warning system was found to be the cause.

Narrative: While climbing through 5;000 FT departing; the crew was alerted to a Tail Pipe Hot indication through the warning system. The crew then immediately ran the QRC and QRH which eventually led to a precautionary engine shutdown in flight. The crew declared an emergency and received vectors from Approach back to the airport for the ILS. The flight deck crew notified the Flight Attendant and made it clear that it would be a normal landing with no evacuation. The crew then notified the single passenger on-board of the situation and instructed Operation to notify our company of the situation and continued to the airport. Then performed all of the remaining checklists and landed without incident and taxied to the gate. It was determined that the engine cowl had frayed wiring which resulted in the indication. We followed QRC and QRH and performed a precautionary engine shutdown.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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 SF340 received a tail pipe hot light illuminated after takeoff which required an engine shutdown as the crew followed the QRH. After an emergency return to the airport a faulty wire in the warning system was found to be the cause.