Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Dorner DO228202

Difficulty date
February 19, 2016
Submitted
February 24, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N263MC
Make and model
Dorner DO228202
Aircraft serial
8141
Aircraft time
11,109 hours
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cockpit
Part time
11,109 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

AFTER CONFIRMING A BLEED AIR SEAL COUPLING LEAK ON SDR BIGA20160114-001, THE ACFT FIRE DETECTION SYS WAS GND TESTED NORMAL. A TEST FLIGHT WAS REQUESTED, DURING THE FLIGHT THE LT FIRE DETECTION FLICKERED. AGAIN THE SYS WAS TESTED ON THE GND & COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, THE ENG FIRE LOOPS WERE SWAPPED FROM THE LT ENG TO THE RT ENG & ALL CONNECTIONS WERE INSPECTED, CLEANED & REASSEMBLED. GND CHECKS WERE NORMAL, TWO TEST FLIGHT WERE PERFORMED & THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE SUSPECTED HARNESS MAY HAVE HAD A CONNECTION PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED, THAT WAS CORRECTED DURING THE FIRE LOOP REMOVAL & INSTALLATION.