Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
June 21, 2019
Submitted
June 21, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N747FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
0238
Aircraft time
11,451 hours, 12,689 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
47790008
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENGINE FIRE ALARM INTERMITTENTLY SOUNDED FALSE WARNING DURING FLIGHT. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE SYSTEM, AND DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE DETECT CONTROL UNIT AND WARNING HORN WERE INTERMITTENT. REPLACED THE FIRE DETECT CONTROL BOX AND WARNING HORN.

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