Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
March 30, 2014
Submitted
April 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N61SJ
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft serial
55081
Aircraft time
15,780 hours, 9,732 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7313
Part
Fire Loop
Condition
Chafed
Location
Lt Nacelle
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, E, A

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

What was found

TWO HOURS INTO FLIGHT AT FL390, LT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, FLICKERED A FEW TIMES THEN CAME ON STEADY. CAPTAIN PULLED POWER LEVER TO IDLE & THE LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. SHUTDOWN ENGINE, LIGHT STILL ON. BOTH FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED, LIGHT REMAINED ON. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED AND LANDED. TOWER REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF A FIRE. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. ENGINE RUNS PERFORMED, FIRE LIGHT DUPLICATED & FOUND TO BE A FIRE LOOP CLAMP CHAFING ON THE LOWER FIRE LOOP AT THE ACCESSORY GEARBOX AREA. LOOP INSULATOR WAS WORN & PARTLY MISSING. BOTH CLAMP & INSULATOR WERE REPLACED WITH NEW PIECES. THREE MORE ENGINE RUNS WERE COMPLETED WITH NO FURTHER FIRE LIGHT INDICATION. THE ACFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO ELP WITH NO OTHER ISSUES.