Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
April 24, 2013
Submitted
April 29, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N511FG
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
420
Aircraft time
703 hours, 622 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
90428018
Part serial
1034
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Part time
703 hours, 622 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, F

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING, WHEN THRUST REVERSERS WERE DEPLOYED, CREW OBSERVED RT ENGINE FIRE WARNING. IN FOLLOWING CHECKLIST PROCEDURES, ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN, FIRE HANDLE PULLED, AND BOTH BOTTLES DISCHARGED. FIRE INDICATION REMAINED, SO AIRPLANE WAS EVACUATED (CREW ONLY, THERE WERE NO PAX). THERE WAS NO FIRE - FALSE INDICATION. CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A MALFUNCTIONING CREW WARNING PANEL. REPLACEMENT PANEL WAS INSTALLED, AND OPS TESTED NORMAL.