Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 24, 2012
Submitted
December 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N916FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
C208B0016
Aircraft time
9,495 hours, 14,277 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CR
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

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE FIRE DETECTION WARNING HORN SOUNDED AND THE FIRE DETECTION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE, LANDING AT 17:13 ZULU WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CREW REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF FIRE AFTER SECURING THE ACFT. MX INSPECTED THE ENGINE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM AND FOUND MULTIPLE INSULATORS OUT OF THE BRACKETS, RE-INSTALLED INSULATORS IN BRACKETS. MX ALSO FOUND FIRE WIRE TOUCHING REDUCTION GEARBOX CASE AND THE INERTIAL SEPARATOR BRACKET, REPOSITIONED FIRE LOOP WIRE. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW MM 26-10-00. PERFORMED ENGINE RUN WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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