Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
March 1, 2015
Submitted
March 9, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821LC
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
406
Aircraft time
1,730 hours, 1,175 cycles
Engine
Hnywl TFE73120BR
Engine time
1,730 hours, 1,175 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Nacelle
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, F, A

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

What was found

APPARENT LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSED ENGINE FIRE WARNING TO ACTIVATE. THE WARNING WOULD NOT RESET. SUBSEQUENT ENGINE SHUTDOWN HAD NO AFFECT ON WARNING. BOTH ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE DISCHARGED. FIRE WARNING STILL INDICATED. DECLARED EMERGENCY, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. INSPECTED ENGINE AND THERE WAS NO IDICATION OF FIRE. DISCOVERED LIGHTNING STRIKE SIGNS.