Service difficulty report · Fire Wire · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 6, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Engine
Pwa
Part
Fire Wire
Part number
24418922
Condition
Shorted
Location
Firewall
Component
Cessna
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

CAN)PILOTS REPORTED FIRE WARNING ACTIVATED & LASTED ABOUT 20 SECONDS THEN DEACT IVATED. NORMAL LANDING WAS CARRIED OUT BUT SYSTEM ACTIVATED AGAIN ON TAXIING & REMAINED ON. MAINTENANCE TROUBLE SHOT THE FAULT TO THE FIREWALL CONNECTION BEHIND THE INERTIAL SEPARATOR & THE UPPER STANBY SIDE OF THE FIREWALL. CONNECTIONS WERE CLEANED & DRIED & REINSTALLED. APPROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS INTO SERVICE THE FAULT REAPPEARED. AIRCRAFT GROUNDED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT BOTH ENDS OF THE FIRE WIRE, ON THE INERTIAL SEPARATOR & ONE UPPER STANDBY SIDE FIREWALL WERE LOOSE CAUSING AN INTERMITTENT CIRCUIT. THE FIRE WIRE WAS REPLACED & NO FURTHER FAULTS WERE OCCURRED.

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