Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Piagio P180

Difficulty date
October 14, 2012
Submitted
October 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N163SL
Make and model
Piagio P180
Aircraft serial
1131
Aircraft time
6,018 hours, 4,537 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A66
Engine time
6,006 hours, 4,629 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE5N3L
Part
Fire Detector
Part number
3001147545250C53
Condition
False Indication
Location
Zone 600
Part time
6,006 hours, 4,649 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, E, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED THE ILLUMINATION OF THE RT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT WHILE IN DESCENT. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, PERFORMED QRH, AND DIVERTED. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND THE LIGHT REMAINED ON. IAW THE QRH THE ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS DISCHARGED, THE LIGHT THEN EXTINGUISHED. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. ACFT WAS EVACUATED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. CURRENTLY NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FIRE.