Service difficulty report · Connector · Beech 99A

Difficulty date
March 20, 2018
Submitted
April 10, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805BA
Make and model
Beech 99A
Aircraft serial
U147
Aircraft time
45,263 hours, 78,798 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Faulty
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

THE PILOT REPORTED EN-ROUTE TO KONT THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES SECURED AND PERFORMED AN INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. THEN PILOT THEN NOTIFIED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN KBUR. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE RIGHT ENGINE FOR EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL FIRE AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THEN MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE FIRE WARNING SYSTEM AND FOUND FAULTY CONNECTORS AT THE AFT TOP AND AFT LOWER SENSORS, REPLACED CONNECTORS WITH HERMETICALLY SEALED CONNECTORS. OPERATION OF THE RIGHT FIRE WARNING SYSTEM WAS NORMAL.

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