Service difficulty report · Control Box · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
October 5, 2009
Submitted
October 9, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N440FX
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
45346
Aircraft time
1,479 hours, 1,105 cycles
Part
Control Box
Part number
87701032
Part serial
0714333
Condition
Failed
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
B, E, F, A

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

What was found

RIGHT ENG FIRE INDICATION IN FLT (FL300). CREW FIRED BOTH EXTINGUISHERS FIRED INTO THE ENGINE MANUALLY. CAS MSG DID NOT EXTINGUISH. CREW PERFORMED ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND ALL REQUIRED ITEMS PER EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT CONDUCTED. AIR DIVERSION TO KMTJ WITH UNEVENTFUL OVERWEIGHT LANDING AND NORMAL TAXI. TROUBLESHOT RT ENG FIRE IND. FOUND SUSPECT RT FIRE DETECT CONTROL UNIT. REMOVED AND REPLACED FIRE DETECT UNIT, OPS CHK GOOD. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH FIRE EXT BOTTLES AND SQUIBS. NO DEFECTS NOTED ON ALL SYSTEMS. OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION PERFORMED. NO DEFECTS NOTED. TEARDOWN REPORT HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR DEFECT FIRE CONTROL UNIT.