Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
August 4, 2026
Submitted
August 7, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N560AD
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605239
Aircraft time
10,207 hours, 6,886 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
304000371
Part serial
52486B1
Condition
Underserviced
Location
Zone 100
Part time
1,937 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING A PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE AT KALN, WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH FL190, THE FLT CREW RECEIVED A FIRE EXT BOTL LOW ANNUNCIATION, INDICATING THAT ONE OR BOTH TAILCONE-MOUNTED ENGINE FIRE BOTTLES HAVE LOW PRESSURE, OR HAVE SELF-DISCHARGED VIA THEIR OVERPRESSURE RELIEF VALVES (AT APPROXIMATELY 210 DEGREES F). IAW COMPANY PROCEDURES (TREATING THIS AS A POTENTIAL TAILCONE/BAGGAGE AREA FIRE), CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & RETURNED TO KALN. ON LANDING ARFF OBSERVED ACFT VIA FLIR & ADVISED THEY OBSERVED NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF FIRE, & PIC INSPECTED THE INTERNAL TAILCONE/BAGGAGE AREAS & FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. ACFT TAXIED TO MAINT FACILITY FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. MAINT DETERMINED THAT NEITHER FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE HAD DISCHARGED. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING IDENTIFIED AFT FIRE EXTINGR BOTTLE, WHICH HAD RECENTLY BEEN OVERHAULED, AS BEING UNDER-SERVICED. BOTTLE PRESSURE SUFFICIENTLY LOW THE PRESSURE SWITCH INDICATED A LOW-PRESSURE CONDITION AT AMBIENT TEMPS, BELOW APPROXIMATELY 85 °F, RESULTING IN THE FIRE EXT BOTL LOW WARNING. BOTH FIRE BOTTLES WERE R & R WITH NEW UNITS. TESTING COMPLETED SATISY, & THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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