Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Beech C99

Difficulty date
May 9, 2014
Submitted
May 13, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N206AV
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U206
Aircraft time
34,825 hours, 47,883 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Part
Fire Detector
Part number
302158
Condition
Faulty
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

DURING DESCENT INTO KDFW THE LT ENG T HANDLE WARNING LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER, PILOT COMPLETED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST ITEMS WITH THE SAME RESULTS. PILOT PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF LT ENG. PILOT LANDED AT KDFW WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED TWO ENG FLAME DETECTORS DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE FALSE FIRE INDICATION. R & R BOTH FLAME DETECTORS. PERFORMED GND RUN CHECK OF ENG, THE FIRE DETECTION SYS CHECK WAS NORMAL.

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