Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
December 3, 2004
Submitted
January 27, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N3114G
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft serial
AC583
Aircraft time
29,986 hours, 43,803 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TPE33111U
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
3030020
Part serial
05782B1OH71404
Condition
Empty
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

MRR-M04-18, DURING FLIGHT THE LT FIRE EXTINGUISHER (E) LIGHT CAME ON BRIEFLY SEVERAL TIMES. THE CREW MONITORED THE LIGHT AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO THE DESTINATION WITH NO INCIDENT. FIRE EXTINGUISHER (E) LIGHT WAS FOUND ON, AND THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE WAS FOUND EMPTY DURING TROUBLESHOOTING BY MAINTENANCE. THE SQUIB HAD BEEN FIRED. REPLACED FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE AND SQUIB HAD BEEN FIRED. REPLACED FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE AND SQUIB. FIRE BOTTLE PN: 3030020, SN 05782B1 OH 7-14-04, INSTALLED 7-19-04. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED DURING TROUBLESHOOTING OR PARTS CHANGES. PRESS TO TEST FUNCTION AND ALL OTHER FUNCTION CHECKS WERE GOOD. (K)