Service difficulty report · Unknown · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
October 1, 2011
Submitted
November 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N368AG
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1087
Part
Unknown
Condition
Faulty
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LT ENG "FIRE LOOP A", CAS INDICATION AFTER TAKEOFF (1,000 AGL) FOR 4 MINUTE DURATION. NO OTHER INDICATIONS DURING OR AFTER CAS MESSAGE EXTINGUISHED. THIS IS AN INDICATION OF A FIRE LOOP A FAILURE, NOT AN ENGINE FIRE. AN EXTENSIVE INSP WAS PERFORMED INCLUDING THE FIRE LOOPS, CONNECTORS, AND WIRING INSTALLATION VISUAL INSP. PERFORMED OPS TESTS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSP AND TESTS WERE COMPLETED. UNABLE TO IDENTIFY FAULTY PART. PRIMARY PARTS INCLUDE: DETECTOR ASSY, LOOP A AND B, PN 51291105. ELEMENT ASSY PN 51216093, AND CONTROL UNIT, FIRE DETECTION PN 51653154.