Service difficulty report · Line · Pilats PC1247E

Difficulty date
August 5, 2021
Submitted
August 11, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N493AF
Make and model
Pilats PC1247E
Aircraft serial
1493
Aircraft time
6,255 hours, 5,796 cycles
Engine
Pwc PT6A67P
Engine time
6,062 hours, 5,592 cycles
Part
Line
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Engine Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

WHILE ENROUTE FROM KPSM TO KACK THE FLIGHT CREW HAD A ENGINE FIRE RED CAS, DIVERTED TO KHYA, THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AND EMERGENCY BUT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT, AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL FIRE. REPLACED A GASKET AND CLAMP ON A PNEUMATIC LINE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THAT WAS ADJACENT TO A PORTION OF THE FIRE WIRE SENSOR. THE HEAT BLANKET AROUND THE PNEUMATIC LINE WAS THEN RE-POSITIONED TO ENSURE IT COMPLETELY COVERED THE LINE. THE FIRE WIRE SENSOR IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS INSPECTED TO ENSURE IT WAS NOT DAMAGED, NO DAMAGE NOTED. PERFORMED ENGINE TEST 18 IAW AMM 12-B-71-00-00-00A-903S-A. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO DEFECTS NOTED.