Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
November 10, 2006
Submitted
November 14, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N5ST
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft serial
BB289
Aircraft time
11,536 hours, 12,484 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Engine time
11,316 hours, 12,261 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Part number
302158
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cockpit
Part time
11,536 hours, 12,484 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT IN THE LATE EVENING, THE RT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. THE FIGHT CREW CHANGED DIRECTION OF FLIGHT TO DETERMINE IF THE SUNLIGHT MIGHT BE CREATING A PROBLEM WITH THE PHOTOCELL. THE FIRE LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. THE NEXT DAY THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED AND MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY KIND OF A FIRE. ALL FIRE DETECTION PROBES WERE INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MM. THE FIREWALL CONNECTOR PLUG WAS DISCONNECTED AND INSPECTED, AND NO ABNORMAL SITUATION WAS NOTED. THE CONNECTOR PL