Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Boeing 7378BK

Difficulty date
September 25, 2014
Submitted
September 26, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N815SY
Make and model
Boeing 7378BK
Aircraft serial
30623
Aircraft time
37,729 hours, 24,105 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
False Indication
Location
Rt Mlgww
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

CLIMBING THROUGH 38,200 FT, RT WHEEL WELL FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND BELL. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. FIRE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AT 8,000 FT FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THERE WAS NO FIRE IN THE WHEEL WELL.

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