Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Skrsky S76A

Difficulty date
March 18, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Skrsky S76A
Aircraft time
8,045 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1S1
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2 Engine Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE ENROUTE, WE HEARD NR 2 ENGINE FIRE TONE. THE FIRE CAUTION LIGHT INDICATOR WAS LIT AS WELL. WE THEN PROCEEDED WITH THE IMMEDIATE ACTION PRESCRIBED IN THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE. THE FIRE INDICATOR C/L WAS STILL ON AFTER MAIN BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED. AFTER THE TIME PRESCRIBED, WE ACTIVATED THE RESERVE. C/L FIRE INDICATOR WENT OUT. AFTER EVALUATION, ON ARRIVAL OF THE AME, NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS FOUND AND THE SYSTEM TESTED NORMALLY IAW THE FLIGHT MANUAL & THE MM. THE WIRING WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED, MANUALLY SHAKEN TO DETECT ANY POSSIBLE INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND THE FAULT COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BAD INTERMITTENT OLD STYLE FLAME DETECTOR. NOTE THAT THE DETECTORS ARE TESTED DURING EACH 300 HR INSPECTION AND THE LAST TEST WAS DONE 181 HOURS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. ALL 4 FLAME DETECTORS WERE UPGRADED FROM, -101 TO -104, AND CSN 76-178 WAS ALSO INCORPORATED INTO THE ACFT TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY OF THE SYS. MARCH 20, 2013, THE SUSPECTED REMOVED FLAME DETECTORS WERE RE-TESTED BY CONNECTING THEM TO THE ACFT AND RISING THEIR TEMPERATURE WITH A HEAT GUN TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM COULD BE REPLICATED. NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. WE ARE EXPECTING MORE INFORMATION FROM MFG CONCERNING COST AND AVAILABILITY FOR A POSSIBLE OFFICIAL LAB TESTING OF THESE FLAME DETECTORS.