Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Beech B200

Difficulty date
May 27, 2025
Submitted
May 27, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546LM
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB1235
Aircraft time
15,062 hours, 14,439 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DEPARTING PANC. WHILE PASSING THRU FL310 THE LH ENG FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. NO INDICATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE WARNING LIGHT WERE PRESENT REGARDING ANY FIRE. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE HANGAR. INITIAL INSPECTION POINTS TO A FALSE WARNING. INSPECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SENSORS AND WIRING SHOW NOT FAULTS. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE PHOTOVOLTAIC SENSOR SYSTEM WHEN SUNLIGHT PASSES THROUGH THE EXHAUST GAPS IN THE COWLING AND HITS THE SENSORS AT JUST THE RIGHT ANGLE. WORKING ON CONFIRMING THIS NOW. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY HEAT OR FIRE IN THE COWLING.

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