SDR 2024F00262

Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Beech 99A

Difficulty date
October 23, 2024
Submitted
October 25, 2024
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N499CZ
Make and model
Beech 99A
Aircraft serial
U81
Aircraft time
40,848 hours, 62,771 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Part number
302158
Part serial
NA
Condition
False Activation
Location
Zone 600
Part time
40,848 hours, 62,771 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

RIGHT ENGINE T-HANDLE ILLUMINATED THEN WENT OUT FOLLOWED BY AGGRESSIVE ENGINE SURGING. EXECUTED ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND LANDED. FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FIRE ON THE RH ENGINE AND TESTED THE FIRE DETECTOR SYSTEM MORE THAN 5 DIFFERENT TIMES, COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM AND NO DEFECTS FOUND AT THIS TIME. REPLACED PROP GOVERNOR IAW BE 99 MM 61-20-00 OPS CHECKED AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD NO DEFECTS FOUND AT THIS TIME.

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