What was found
RT ENGINE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM FAILED THE PREFLIGHT TEST. DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE FIRE LOOP WAS BROKEN. A NEW LOOP WAS INSTALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- November 16, 2017
- Submitted
- January 26, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N404BL
- Make and model
- Beech 400A
- Aircraft serial
- RK367
- Aircraft time
- 4,988 hours, 4,799 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2612 · Fire Detection
- Part
- Fire Loop
- Part number
- 24425282
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Rt Engine
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- L
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.