Service difficulty report · Sensor · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
June 13, 2009
Submitted
June 18, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N300CS
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500818
Aircraft time
7,267 hours, 5,551 cycles
Part
Sensor
Condition
Misrouted
Location
Lt Nacelle
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

ENROUTE, WITH ENGINE ANTI-ICE ON, THE LT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWING AFM EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, THE CREW REDUCE LT ENGINE TO IDLE POSITION AND THE LT FIRE LIGHT WENT OUT. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED BACK TO DEPARTURE. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX ON SITE RAN ACFT AND WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. THEY FOUND THE FIRE SENSOR ROUTED IMPROPERLY AND IT WAS TOUCHING THE BLEED VALVE. THE FIRE SENSOR WAS ROUTED IAW THE MM 26-11-01. A GROUND RUN UP WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY WITH NO WARNING INDICATIONS AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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