Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Lear 35LEAR

Difficulty date
February 6, 2016
Submitted
February 9, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N543LM
Make and model
Lear 35LEAR
Aircraft serial
350426
Aircraft time
13,208 hours, 11,229 cycles
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
74407235
Part serial
094108
Condition
Faulty
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
DE
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

LEFT ENG FIRE LIGHT ON HANDLE ILLUMINATED FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS DURING DECENT. ENG WAS ALREADY AT IDLE & LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. THERE WERE NO OTHER SIGNS OF FIRE NOTED BY THE CREW. OPENED THE COWLINGS & CHECKED FOR SIGNS OF A FIRE & FOUND NONE. WIRING IN THE FIRE DETECTION TEST SYS CHECKED OUT GOOD. RESISTANCE CHECK OF ALL THREE FIRE LOOPS WERE GOOD. THE AFT TAILPIPE FIRE LOOP FAILED ITS INSULATION CHECK. THE DEFECTIVE UNIT WAS REMOVED, PN 744-07235, SN 094108 & A NEW LOOP INSTALLED, PN 744-07235 & SN 152308. CHECK OF THE FIRE LOOP SYS CHECKED GOOD. RETURNED THE ACFT TO AIRWORTHY CONDITION & PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY CHECK FLIGHT. OK FOR SERVICE.