Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
August 17, 2003
Submitted
August 20, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N58GL
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
599
Aircraft time
7,319 hours, 5,221 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
AP
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

CREW EXPERIENCED FIRE WARNING ON RT ENGINE DURING APPROACH. BOTH FIRE BOTTLES FIRED; ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN WITHOUT CHANGE OF FIRE-WARNING INDICATION. LANDED, WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL FIRE FOUND. AIRCRAFT FLOWN ON SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT; FALSE FIRE-WARNING COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

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