Service difficulty report · Gasket · Amd FALCONC

Difficulty date
May 2, 2019
Submitted
May 2, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N962AA
Make and model
Amd FALCONC
Aircraft serial
075
Aircraft time
18,931 hours, 13,659 cycles
Engine
Ge CF7002D2
Engine time
6,258 hours, 4,901 cycles
Part
Gasket
Part number
MY20522008A1
Condition
Blew Out
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
149 hours, 96 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KLRD AND DURING CLIMB OUT THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT IN CHARGE REDUCED POWER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE AND BEGAN HIS ENGINE SHUT DOWN CHECK LIST. HE ALSO DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED TO RETURN TO KLRD. BEFORE HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE THE FIRE WARNING INDICATION WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED,THE PILOT IN CHARGE RETURNED TO KLRD WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING THERE WAS NO EXTERNAL INDICATION OF A FIRE. A COMPANY MECHANIC WAS DISPATCHED TO KLRD AND FOUND A BLEED AIR LEAK WHICH CAUSED THE FALSE FIRE WARNING INDICATION. A GASKET P/N MY20522008A! WAS REPLACED.