Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Gulstm G280

Difficulty date
June 19, 2015
Submitted
June 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N92FT
Make and model
Gulstm G280
Aircraft serial
2038
Aircraft time
699 hours, 422 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Part number
47436010
Part serial
ADG3955
Condition
False Activation
Part time
413 hours, 244 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FL430, WHILE ACFT WAS EN-ROUTE ON AN EMPTY LEG, FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED MULTIPLE FIRE EICAS MSGS ASSOCIATED WITH AUDIO INDICATING BOTH ENGS & APU WERE ON FIRE. CREW OBSERVED APU FIRE LOOP A FAIL, RT FIRE LOOP A FAIL, LT FIRE LOOP A FAIL & FPS MX REQD MSGS. ACFT DIVERTED & DECLARED AN EMER LANDING. CABIN ATTENDANT LOOKED AT BOTH ENGS THROUGH THE CABIN WINDOWS & REPORTED THAT EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL. ON THE DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 18, CONTROL TOWER NOTED NOTHING UNUSUAL IN THE AFT SECTION OF THE ACFT. ACFT LANDED & GND CONTROL REPORTED THE ABSENCE OF FIRE FROM THE ACFT. REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART & RETURNED THE ACFT BACK INTO SERVICE ON JUNE 20 2015.