Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
September 26, 2010
Submitted
September 27, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N117LN
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft serial
3700
Aircraft time
3,304 hours, 8,909 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
3,174 hours, 7,087 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Part number
B232M
Part serial
AU1272
Condition
Dirty
Location
Engine Bay
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

THE PILOT REPORTED AN ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ON ENGINE START. AFTER SHUTDOWN, THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE DETECTOR THAT WAS MOUNTED TO THE M05 HAD A DIRTY CONNECTOR. THE MECHANIC CLEANED THE CONNECTOR AND PERFORMED ANOTHER ENGINE RUN TO CHECK THE FIRE DETECTOR. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE FOUND, AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.