Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
January 19, 2024
Submitted
January 22, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N558QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605568
Aircraft time
14,302 hours, 10,870 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
304000371
Part serial
5945281
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
L
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT ALTITUDE, GOT A FIRE BOTTLE LOW ANNUNCIATOR. CREW RAN QRH & DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FIRE DEPART CHECKED ACFT & OBSERVED NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. THERE ISN'T A WAY TO VERIFY WHICH FIRE BOTTLE WOULD HAVE TRIGGERED ANNUNCIATOR. FOUND NO CASS MESSAGE AT ARRIVAL TO ACFT, PERFORMED A GVI OF LT & RT ENGS FOR EVIDENCE OF HAYLON DISCHARGE. NO DEFECTS. PERFORMED GVL OF LT & RT FIRE BOTTLES & APU FIRE BOTTI.ES WITH NO DEFECTS. PERFORMED FIRE TEST, PASSED, RAN BOTH ENGS FOR 30MIN & COULD NOT DUPUCATE. HCC REQUESTED WEIGH BOTTLES TO DETERMINED IF DISCHARGED. REMOVED FWD & AFT ENG FIRE BOTTLES. FOUND AFT NR 2 BOTTLE 1 LB LESS THAN LAST HYDRO TEST. R & R AFT NR 2 FIRE BOTTLE. VISUAL CHECKED GOOD. IAW MM 26-21-01.

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