Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Lear 25B

Difficulty date
January 13, 2004
Submitted
January 27, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7810W
Make and model
Lear 25B
Aircraft serial
117
Engine
Ge CJ6108
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
False Indication
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
NR
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

FALSE FIRE WARNING DURING FLIGHT. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE INDICATION WAS INTERMITTENT. THE RT ENGINE COWLING WAS REMOVED, AND THE ENGINE WAS INSPECTED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF FIRE IN THE ENGINE AREA. THE FIRE LOOP LOOKED OK, NO DAMAGE NOTED. NOT HOT SPOTS ON THE ENGINE WERE NOTED, FROM BLEED AIR LINES OR OTHERWISE. THE WIRING CONNECTIONS AT THE NACELLE FIREWALL WERE DISCONNECTED, AND THERE APPEARED MORE THAN NORMAL BUILD UP OF GRIME AND CARBON. CLEANED THE TERMINALS AND CONTACTS. RECONNECTED THE WIRES. RAN THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT AND WITH THE COWLINGS ON, COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FALSE FIRE INDICATION.

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