Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
January 2, 2008
Submitted
April 24, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N717EB
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
016
Aircraft time
9,636 hours, 6,908 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
24409135
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
9,636 hours, 6,908 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

THE MASTER CAUTION SYSTEM AND RT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED NEAR THE TOP OF THE CLIMB. THRUST REDUCTION EXTINGUISHED THE LIGHTS. AFTER SOME CONSIDERATION, THRUST WAS THEN SLOWLY ADDED TO AN APPROXIMATE CRUISE SETTING. AFTER ONE MINUTE AT THE CRUISE SETTING, THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. REDUCTION OF THE THRUST RESULTED IN THE LIGHTS EXTINGUISHING. ENGINE WAS KEPT AT IDLE POWER DURING DIVERSION TO ALTERNATE SUITABLE AIRPORT. LIGHT NEVER ILLUMINATED AGAIN. MAINT CHECKED SYS AND DETERMINED THE ENG TAIL PIPE SECTION OF FIRE LOOP WAS BREAKING DOWN AND ALLOWING A FALSE FIRE WARNING. AS OF THIS REPORT THE FIRE LOOP WAS NOT YET REPLACED. THE ACTUAL TIME AND CYCLES ON THE FIRE LOOP IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS THIS IS NOT A NORMAL STATUS TRACKED ITEM.