Service difficulty report · Control Box · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
February 17, 2018
Submitted
February 21, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N362FW
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
35362
Aircraft time
17,110 hours, 13,297 cycles
Engine
Hnywl TFE73120
Part
Control Box
Part number
37702810
Part serial
8021033
Condition
Faulty
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
AP
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

PILOT REPORTS "PASSING 5000' ON APPROACH THE L ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WENT OUT. THIS REPEATED FOUR TIMES IN THE NEXT 2 MINUTES. THE POWER WAS IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO IDLE ON THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. THAT CHANGE APPEARED TO HAVE NO EFFECT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED ENGINE AND FIRE DETECT SYSTEM WIRING AND ELEMENTS. CHECKED RESISTANCE OF LT FIRE DETECTION HOT SECTION, FIREWALL AND GEARBOX ELEMENTS, ALL WITHIN LIMITS. PERFORMED INSULATION RESISTANCE CHECKS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. REPLACED LT FIRE DETECTION CONTROL BOX. GROUND TEST AND OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT SATISFACTORY.

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