Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Agusta A109E

Difficulty date
August 11, 2012
Submitted
August 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N911AM
Make and model
Agusta A109E
Aircraft serial
11061
Engine
Pwa PT6B37A
Part
Fire Warning
Part number
300138450170C36M
Condition
False Activation
Part time
3,576 hours, 12,289 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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What was found

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED, ENROUTE FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED. PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. ON SHUTDOWN, FIRE WARNING INUCIATOR EXTINGUISHED. A NORMAL RUN ON LANDING WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED ACFT, TESTED MASTER CAUTION, AND RETURNED THE ACFT TO SERVICE, UNABLE TO REPEAT THE DISCREPANCY. ACFT WAS GROUND RUN FOR 10 MINUTES, HOVERED FOR 10 MINUTES AND FLOWN FOR 20 WITHOUT A RECURRENCE.

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