What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: southwest airlines (swaa) N61SW 737-2H4 flight no. 1506, cleveland (cle) to chicago (mdw) 1124 ctc on 8/12/96. Fifty miles south of Detroit metro (dtw), #2 engine fire warning light illuminated along with the warning bell. Visual inspection and secondary indications were negative. The engine was shut down and the fire extinguisher bottles fired. The captain elected to make a precautionary landing at dtw. An uneventful landing and inspection by ARFF crew followed by taxiing to the gate in dtw. The cockpit voice recorder c/b was pulled at the gate. A follow up phone call to swaa dispatch was completed. Maintenance personnel inspected #2 engine and found no evidence of fire or overheating conditions. The fire detector module, fire control panel, and the engine fire bottles were replaced. The system was operationally checked per the Boeing maintenance manual. The aircraft was returned to service. This incident is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (SWAA) N61SW 737-2H4 FLIGHT NO. 1506, CLEVELAND (CLE) TO CHICAGO (MDW) 1124 CTC ON 8/12/96. FIFTY MILES SOUTH OF DETROIT METRO (DTW), #2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE WARNING BELL. VISUAL INSPECTION AND SECONDARY INDICATIONS WERE NEGATIVE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES FIRED. THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT DTW. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AND INSPECTION BY ARFF CREW FOLLOWED BY TAXIING TO THE GATE IN DTW. THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER C/B WAS PULLED AT THE GATE. A FOLLOW UP PHONE CALL TO SWAA DISPATCH WAS COMPLETED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED #2 ENGINE AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR OVERHEATING CONDITIONS. THE FIRE DETECTOR MODULE, FIRE CONTROL PANEL, AND THE ENGINE FIRE BOTTLES WERE REPLACED. THE SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED PER THE BOEING MAINTENANCE MANUAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.