Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Beech B100

Difficulty date
April 7, 2013
Submitted
April 9, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N93D
Make and model
Beech B100
Aircraft serial
023
Aircraft time
11,810 hours, 13,242 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110AV
Engine time
9,688 hours, 11,418 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4TN5
Part
Fire Detector
Part number
302158
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
11,810 hours, 13,242 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

FIRE INDICATION ON LEFT ENGINE DURING LOW LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT. NO SMOKE OR EVIDENCE OF FIRE OBSERVED BY FLIGHT CREW. FIRE WARNING ON PANEL ONLY. ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND SECURED BY FLIGHT CREW AS A PRECAUTION. LANDING UNEVENTFULL. UPON LANDING NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS FOUND EITHER INSIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR ON AIRFRAME/ENGINE NACELLE IN GENERAL. SUSPECT FIRE WARNING/DETECTION SYSTEM HAS INTERMITTENT FAILURE. CURRENTLY TESTING SYSTEM.

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