Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
September 1, 2020
Submitted
September 4, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N139HN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7248
Aircraft time
3,910 hours, 13,416 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
3,910 hours, 8,851 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Part number
9550177160955017
Condition
False Activation
Location
Engine Bay
Stage of operation
AA
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

ILLUMINATED ENG. FIRE LIGHT, DETECTED 8 MIN INTO A PATIENT FLIGHT FROM A REFERRING FACILITY TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL. PILOT COMPLETED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING, THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND WITHOUT ISSUE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AN ENGINE FIRE AT ANY TIME. MAINTENANCE RESPONDED AND INSPECTED THE A/C. EMERG. LIGHT WAS UNABLE TO BE RE-PRODUCED AND NO ISSUES WITH THE SYSTEM WERE FOUND. ON POST MAINTENANCE GROUND RUNS AND HOVER FLIGHT THE ISSUE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED AS WELL. AFTER THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE, THE REPOSITION FLIGHT WERE ALSO UNEVENTFUL AND NO ISSUES WERE NOTED OR ILLUMINATION OF ANY FIRE INDICATORS. LATER THAT EVENING ON A SEPARATE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND A SECOND PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE. MECHANIC REPLACED ALL 3 ENGINE FIRE DETECTORS AND RETURNED THE A/C TO SERVICE. NO FURTHER ILLUMINATION OF THE FIRE LIGHT OCCURRED ON THE FLIGHT BACK AND THE A/C HAS BEEN RETURNED TO FULL SERVICE.

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