Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Beech B100

Difficulty date
February 18, 2013
Submitted
March 1, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N93D
Make and model
Beech B100
Aircraft serial
BE23
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110AV
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4TN5
Part
Fire Warning
Part number
TPE33110AV
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
9,671 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N, B
Precautionary procedure
E, F

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What was found

EN ROUTE, PART 91 FLIGHT. LT ENGINE FIRE INDICATION, LIGHTS AND WARNINGS. NO REAL SMOKE OR FLAMES NOTED, BUT SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF WHITE SMOKE OBSERVED FROM LT NACELLE. FLIGHT CREW SHUTDOWN LT ENGINE AND PERFORMED CHECK LIST, REQUIRING FIRE BOTTLE ACTIVATION. WITH ENGINE SECURED (NO FUEL TO ENGINE AND PROP FEATHERED) AND FIRE BOTTLE ACTIVATION, FIRE WARNING EXTINGUISHED. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOW TO BASE AND LANDED SAFELY. POST LANDING INSPECTION YIELDED NO OBSERVED OVER TEMP, OR FIRE EVIDENCE. SUSPECT FALSE INDICATION, BUT INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING.

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