Service difficulty report · Switch · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 25, 2012
Submitted
December 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N916FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
C208B0016
Aircraft time
9,496 hours, 14,279 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
C20050R
Condition
Defective
Location
Fire Detection
Part time
9,496 hours, 14,279 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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 REPORTED AT CRUISE FLIGHT, AT APPROX 6000 FT, DURING STAGING FLIGHT, THE CREW ADVISED THE FIRE DETECTION SYS ACTIVATED INTERMITTENTLY IN FLIGHT. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET AND THE SYS WOULD DEACTIVATE FOR APPROX 10 MINUTES AND THEN REACTIVATE. ARRIVED INTO DESTINATION WITHOUT INCIDENTAND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS NOTED AFTER THE ACFT WAS SECURED. MX TROUBLESHOT AND INSPECTED FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM AND FOUND DEFECTIVE TEST SWITCH. MX R & R DEFECTIVE TEST SWITCH IAW MM 26-10-00, ALL GROUND OPS AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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