Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
November 26, 2018
Submitted
November 27, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N775FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
0272
Aircraft time
13,205 hours, 16,072 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Part number
64404303416
Condition
False Activation
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

FLIGHT 7799 ENROUTE GEG - EAT/AIR TURNBACK DISCREPANCY: APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE, WHILE LEVEL IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE FIRE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT AND WARNING HORN ACTIVATED IN FLIGHT. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO GEG. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MAINTENANCE REPLACED A FIRE LOOP. OPS CHECK GOOD.

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