Service difficulty report · Detector · Beech B200

Difficulty date
October 18, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B200
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Part
Detector
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) THE RT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER TAKEOFF, NO OTHER INDICATORS OF A FIRE WERE PRESENT. AFTER LANDING, THE RT ENGINE COWLINGS WERE REMOVED AND THE ENGINE NACELLE INSPECTED. THERE NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS WITHIN THE NACELLE. THE FIRE DETECT SYS TESTS PROPERLY. THE FIRE DETECT SENSORS WERE COATED IN A FLUORESCENT FLUID THAT HAD LEAKED FROM THE ACM. THIS FLUID MAY HAVE SHORTED THE SYS. THE FLUID IS IN THE ACM TO AID IN LEAK DETECTION.

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