Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Beech C99

Difficulty date
August 7, 2015
Submitted
August 11, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N234AV
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U235
Aircraft time
24,805 hours, 37,660 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, E

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, PILOT NOTICED RT ENG T HANDLE ILLUMINATED, PILOT FOLLOWED ENG FIRE INFLIGHT CHECKLIST & DISCHARGED ENG FIRE EXTINGUISHER. T HANDLE DID NOT EXTINGUISH AFTER TWENTY SECONDS, AT THAT POINT PILOT PERFORMED RT ENG SHUTDOWN IAW PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK. PILOT DECLARED AN EMER & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTED & FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE, SUSPECT A FALSE FIRE INDICATION. INSPECTED & TESTED THE RT ENG FIRE DETECTION SYS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. REPLACED FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE & RINSED ENG AS REQUIRED.

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