Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Aerosp ATR72212

Difficulty date
March 21, 2010
Submitted
March 24, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N270AT
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212
Aircraft serial
270
Aircraft time
32,264 hours, 37,376 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW124B
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Nr 1 Nacelle
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF NR 1 ENG FIRE WARNING ACTIVATED, WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN, THE INDICATION WENT OUT. PERFORMED DVI OF THE FIRE DETECTION SYS IAW JIC 26-12-61 DVI 10000 - PERFORMED IDLE RUN. ALL SYS NORMAL AT THIS TIME. NO DEFECTS FOUND. (THE CAPT DID NOT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY WITH ATC BUT CRASH FIRE CAME TO THE ACFT, EVERYTHING IS SAFE).

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