Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
October 12, 2008
Submitted
May 22, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N814QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600776
Aircraft time
454 hours, 406 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Part number
37702838
Part serial
0725496
Condition
False Indication
Location
Rt Nacelle
Part time
406 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

RT ENG FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLT, DISCHARGED FIRST BOTTLE, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. LIGHT RE-ILLUMINATED & WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH AFTER SECOND BOTTLE DISCHARGED. ACCOMPLISHED ALL MEMORY ITEMS & PROCEDURES FOR ENG FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. REMOVED RT ENGINE TOP AND BOTTOM COWLS. FOUND AIR LEAK EVIDENCE AT FIRST FLANGE FWD OF THRUST REVERSER FLANGE AT 6 O'CLOCK POSITION. FWD & AFT FWD BOTTLES REMOVED. RT SENSOR CHECKS SATISFACTORY AT THIS TIME. COMPLIED WITH BOROSCOPE INSPECTION OF THE HPT, COMBUSTION LINEN, LPT AND THE FRONT OF THE IMPELLER IAW MM 72-00-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED. REMOVED FIRE TRAY FOR BENCH CHECK. FIRE TRAY BENCH CHECKED GOOD AND PCB NZ007 ALSO CHECKED GOOD. RE-INSTALLED FIRE TRAY ASSY. INSTALLED FWD AND AFT OVERHAULED ENGINE FIRE BOTTLES. IAW MM 26-21-01. PERFORMED ENGINE GROUND RUNS, INSPECTED FOR LEAKS DURING RUNS, NO LEAKS NOTED. COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. CONTACTED MX CONTROL AND UPDATE FIRE ISSUE TO ( CHUCK MAINT CONTROL) AND IAW CUSTOMERS REQUEST TO REPLACE ENGINE FIRE LOOP SENSOR AND FIRE DETECTION CONTROL BOX. REMOVED RT FIRE DETECTION CONTROL BOX AND INSTALLED NEW FIRE DETECTION CONTROL BOX, IAW MM 26-11-02. REMOVED RT ENGINE FIRE LOOP SENSOR AND INSTALLED NEW FIRE LOOP SENSOR IAW MM 26-11-01. PERFORMED OPS CHECK ON ROTARY TEST ALL CHECKED GOOD. PERFORMED ENGINE GROUND RUN, CHECKED GOOD.