Service difficulty report · Control Box · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
February 17, 2003
Submitted
March 3, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N800GM
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500077
Engine
Ge CJ6108
Part
Control Box
Part number
37702810
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Tailcone
Stage of operation
NR
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

FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT INTENDED DESTINATION. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT ENGINE PYLON WIRING WHICH IS THE USUAL CAUSE OF INTERMITTENT FIRE WARNINGS, AND COULD NOT RESOLVE PROBLEM. TROUBLESHOOTING MOVED INTO THE AIRCRAFT TAIL CONE WHERE THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE DETECT CONTROL UNIT WAS DETERMINED INOPERATIVE. THE CONTROL UNIT WAS SWAPPED WITH LEFT TO CONFIRMED. A REPLACEMENT FIRE DETECT CONTROL UNIT WAS INSTALLED. SYSTEM WOULD NOT TEST. DISCOVERED CHAFED WIRE TO FIRE DETECT CONTROL IN WIRE BUNDLE WHICH CAUSED A SHORT IN ORIGINAL CONTROL. REPAIRED WIRE, TEST OF FIRE WARNING SYSTEM WAS NORMAL.

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