Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
April 16, 2016
Submitted
April 18, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N543LM
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
350426
Aircraft time
13,380 hours, 11,364 cycles
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
74403915
Part serial
130401
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, F

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. UPON DECENT, LEVELING OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 13,000 FT, THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER TURNING ON THE NAC HEAT. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. POWER WAS RETARDED TO IDLE AND THE LIGHT REMAINED ON. NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF FIRE EXISTED. THE CREW THEN SHUTDOWN THE NR 1 ENGINE AND THE LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE FIRST FIRE BOTTLE WAS THEN DISCHARGED INTO THE NR 1 ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE LIGHT REMAINED ON. ATC WAS ALERTED OF AN EMERGENCY AND FIRE TRUCKS WERE DISPATCHED. THE SECOND FIRE BOTTLE WAS THEN DISCHARGED WITH NO CHANGE TO THE LIGHT. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED ON ROLLOUT. FIRE CREWS CONFIRMED N

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