Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Gulstm GV

Difficulty date
May 12, 2011
Submitted
May 13, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N132SD
Make and model
Gulstm GV
Aircraft serial
537
Aircraft time
4,251 hours, 1,297 cycles
Engine
Rroyce BR700710A110
Engine time
3,864 hours, 1,415 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Nr 2 Nacelle
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, FLIGHT CREW REPORTED INTERMITTENT FIRE WARNING INDICATION ON NR 2 ENGINE. FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWED PROCEDURES IN AFM IN ORDER TO CONFIRM OR EXCLUDE VALIDITY OF INDICATION. FLIGHT CREW DETERMINED INDICATION WAS FALSE. MX VERIFIED THAT THE INDICATION OF THE FIRE WAS INDEED FALSE, AND TROUBLESHOT THE DETECTION SYS AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE THE FAULT SWAPPED NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINE FIRE DETECTION CONTROL BOX AND FUNCTION TESTED SYS IAW AMM. AT THIS TIME, SYS IS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AND NO SPECIFIC PART HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.