SDR 2022F00202

Service difficulty report · None · Frchld SA227DC

Difficulty date
April 26, 2022
Submitted
April 26, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N852DR
Make and model
Frchld SA227DC
Aircraft serial
DC852B
Aircraft time
24,961 hours, 14,784 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TPE331*
Engine time
24,843 hours, 27,945 cycles
Propeller
Mtprop MTV271E
Part
None
Condition
None
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON IN CRUISE FLIGHT. ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. THE LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN PER EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND THE AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED SINGLE ENGINE IN KSHV. NO VISIBLE TRACE OF FIRE / HEAT WERE OBSERVED AFTER LANDING. SUSPECTED FALSE FIRE WARNING.