Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
November 21, 2012
Submitted
November 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N562FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46947
Aircraft time
89,001 hours, 29,749 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
90421001
Part serial
185
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fire Detection
Part time
86,292 hours, 28,290 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB PASSING 10,000 FT, RED FIRE LIGHT IN FUEL LEVER NR 2 FLICKERED, & WENT OUT, FLICKERED AGAIN. NO OTHER INDICATIONS ON GLARE SHIELD OR DISPLAYS OR ANY SECONDARY INDICATION. TOUCHING THE FUEL LEVER CAUSED LIGHT TO COME ON STEADY AND ACCOMPANIED BY ALL OTHER FIRE INDICATIONS. ALL INDICATIONS WENT AWAY WHEN LETTING GO OF THE FUEL LEVER. DECLARED EMERGENCY, RETURNED TO DEPARTURE, ENGINE SHUTDOWN, NO INDICATIONS OF FIRE. PERFORMED FIRE LOOP TEST, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. ALL WARNINGS THAT WERE RECEIVED COULD ONLY HAVE COME FROM FDCU, R & R FDCU. PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT TEST OF FDCU IAW ALL TESTS NORMAL, RAN ENGINE IAW JRH, NO FAULTS OR WARNINGS NOTED DURING ENGINE RUN. SYS OPS CHECKED NORMAL.

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