Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Aerosp ATR72212

Difficulty date
February 12, 2010
Submitted
February 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N260AE
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212
Aircraft serial
263
Aircraft time
32,560 hours, 37,016 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW127
Engine time
18,996 hours, 19,692 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Nr 2 Nacelle
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, D

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

What was found

ENG NR 2 FIRE WARNING INDICATION DURING TAXI. BOTTLE NR 1 DISCHARGED. MODERATE TAILWIND DURING TAXI. R & R RT ENG FIRE EXTINGUISHING BOTTLE AND SQUIB IAW W/C EX-262171-RAI-10000-RT. NO SIGNS OF FIRE NOTED. PERFORMED ENG GROUND PERFORMANCE CHECK AND FOUND WORKING PROPERLY, NO LEAKS WERE FOUND IAW W/C EX-055007-CS-20000-001.

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