Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
January 31, 2011
Submitted
February 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N401EA
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
47682
Aircraft time
73,361 hours, 67,910 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Nr 2 Nacelle
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, E, A

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

What was found

ACFT HAD A "FIRE" WARNING INDICATION FOR THE NR 2 ENG ON APPROACH INTO MSP. FLIGHT CREW COMPLIED WITH QRH AND ULTIMATELY ACTIVATED THE FIRE BOTTLE AND SHUTDOWN THE NR 2 ENGINE. CREW COMPLETED A SINGLE ENG APPROACH TO AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MX DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL FIRE, NO OIL OR FUEL LEAKS, AND NOT ANY PNEUMATIC SYS LEAKS EITHER. THEY DID CONFIRM THAT THE NR 2 FIRE DETECTOR CONTROL UNIT FAILED AND REPLACED IT. MX ALSO REPLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE UPPER FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE.

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