SDR U0GA120982

Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Agusta AB139

Difficulty date
September 23, 2008
Submitted
February 19, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N139EH
Make and model
Agusta AB139
Aircraft serial
31027
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
Activated
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN LEVEL FLIGHT, WHILE CONDUCTING A PT91 FERRY FLIGHT, A NR1 ENGINE FIRE CAS MESSAGE AND AURAL WARNING OCCURRED WITHIN 30 SECONDS. THE NR 2 ENGINE FIRE CAS MESSAGE AND AURAL WARNING SOUNDED, THERE WAS NO OTHER INDICATION OF A FIRE. THE ECL`S FIRE BOTTLE SELECTORS OR THE PMS FIRE LIGHT WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE FIRE COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. SHORTLY AFTER A NR1, NR2 EEC FAILURE, CAS MESSAGE OCCURRED, THERE WAS NO FLUCTUATION OF ENGINE PARAMETERS ON THE ENGINE POWERPLANT PAGE. PILOTS DESCENDED TO MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE AND LANDED AT BASE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. (K)

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