Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
March 26, 2010
Submitted
March 29, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N50FN
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
070
Aircraft time
18,028 hours, 11,173 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE73122B
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Left
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
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

AFTER SIMULATED EMERGENCY DECENT TO 19K, LT FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EMERGENCY CHECKLIST MEMORY ITEMS COMPLETED (ENGINE FIRE-SHUTDOWN). LT FIRE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ON. CREW DETERMINED THERE WAS NO FIRE (NO SECONDARY INDICATIONS) AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE. SINGLE ENGINE ILS WAS UNEVENTFUL.

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