Service difficulty report · Terminal · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
December 28, 2016
Submitted
December 30, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801AF
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft serial
AC701
Aircraft time
27,970 hours, 35,825 cycles
Part
Terminal
Condition
Exposed
Location
Fire Warning
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING CLIMB AT 5000FT, THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. ABOUT 5 SECONDS LATER THE FIRE WARNING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. REDUCED POWER AND LEVELED OFF. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THERE WERE NO VISUAL SIGNS OF A FIRE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE. SHORTLY AFTER DECLARING THE EMERGENCY THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLICKER AND EXTINGUISHED. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE ENGINE FOR SIGNS OF FIRE, NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED, SUSPECT A FALSE FIRE INDICATION. TESTED THE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. INSPECTED THE WIRING AT THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE DETECTORS. FOUND THE INSULATOR BOOT ON ONE DETECTOR TERMINAL LUG WAS LOOSE EXPOSING THE TERMINAL LUG, THE WIRE TERMINAL WAS SECURE, RESCORED THE INSULATOR BOOT. THE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM TESTED NORMALLY. PERFORMED HIGH POWER ENGINE GROUND RUNS, THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM DID NOT ILLUMINATE. PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT, ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL, THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE INDICATION LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE.