Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Beech C99

Difficulty date
November 7, 2022
Submitted
November 14, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N193SU
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U193
Aircraft time
33,270 hours, 46,121 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
AP
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 THAT ON APPROACH INTO KEUG THE LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE CHECKLIST AND AS A PRECAUTION PERFORMED AN INFLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF THE LEFT ENGINE. THE PILOT LANDED AT KEUG WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT DID REPORT THAT HE WAS FLYING IN HEAVY PRECIPITATION. ON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE IN THE LEFT ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PDX MAINTENANCE TRAVELED TO KEUG. INSPECTED THE LEFT ENGINE AND CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE. TESTED THE LEFT ENGINE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM. THE LEFT ENGINE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM TESTED NORMALLY. SUSPECT A FALSE FIRE INDICATION DUE TO THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION DURING FLIGHT. NO DEFECTIVE PARTS WERE DISCOVERED.

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