Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Amd FALCON50MYST

Difficulty date
September 28, 2006
Submitted
October 2, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N198MR
Make and model
Amd FALCON50MYST
Aircraft serial
149
Aircraft time
9,753 hours, 6,196 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
L
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, B, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KHOU EN ROUTE TO KTEB. THE CREW REPORTED THAT ABOUT 2 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT AT FL370 THE BAGGAGE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH AN AURAL WARNING. AFTER 3 SECONDS THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE HORN HAD BEEN SILENCED. ONE MINUTE LATER THE SCENARIO REOCCURED AND THE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. CREW COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FIRE CHECK LIST, BLEW FIRE BOTTLE, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KRIC. LANDED UNEVENTFUL EIGHT TO TEN MINUTES AFTER THE INITIAL OCCURENCE. AFTER SHUTDOWN ON TAXI WAY THE FIRE CREW THERMAL IMAGED THE COMPARTMENT WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. UPON OPENING COMPARTMENT NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE WAS FOUND, THE COMPARTMENT WA