Service difficulty report · Connector · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
September 14, 2011
Submitted
September 30, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N101LN
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft serial
3038
Aircraft time
4,295 hours, 15,782 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Engine time
4,295 hours, 13,156 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Loose
Location
Fire Detector
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

IN CRUISE, DURING FERRY FLIGHT FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. STARTED AUTHORITATIVE TYPE DECENT DOING NOTHING WITH FUEL CONTROL. ONCE IN DECENT LOOKED OVER THE REST OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL. DID SLIGHT S TURN TO SEE IF I WAS TRAILING ANY SMOKE WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE. DECIDED TO KEEP POWER ON FOR LANDING. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. SHUTDOWN ACFT AND EXITED DOING A WALK AROUND TO FIND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE OR ANY INDICATION OF FIRE. TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE FIRE DETECTION SYS REVEALED A LOOSE CRIMP-TYPE CONNECTER ON THE FORWARD LOWER LT FIRE DETECTOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. CONNECTOR APPEARED TO BE FAIRLY NEW, BUT HAD NOT BEEN SUFFICIENTLY CRIMPED TO PROVIDE A SECURE CONNECTION. RE-CRIMPED THE CONNECTOR SECURELY, DOCUMENTED MX ON LOF LEAF 705490, THEN APPROVED THE ACFT FOR RETURN TO SERVICE/COMPLETION OF FERRY FLIGHT.