Service difficulty report · Logic Card · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
August 28, 2017
Submitted
September 1, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N370AE
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft serial
AC506
Aircraft time
27,063 hours, 37,636 cycles
Part
Logic Card
Part number
3219027001
Part serial
RWK76
Condition
Faulted
Location
Fire Warning
Part time
27,063 hours, 37,636 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, F

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED WHILE IN CLIMB DEPARTING KDFW HE RECEIVED A FIRE WARNING INDICATION ON RT HAND FIRE EXTINGUISHER CONTROL ASSEMBLY, ILLUMINATING ALL THREE (FIRE, EMPTY, AND OK) ANNUNCIATORS OF THE GUARDED FIRING SWITCH. PILOT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES PERFORMED AN INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF RT ENGINE AND DEPLOYED RT ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT BACK IN KDFW. MX INSPECTED RT ENGINE AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL FIRE. MX THEN TROUBLE SHOT THE FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM AND R&R THE LOGIC CONTROL MODULE P\N 32-19027-001 SERIAL NUMBER RWK76 WITH A REPAIRED SERVICEABLE UNIT. MX R&R RT ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND NO SUBSEQUENT ISSUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.