N16FN
Registered owner: GH EQUIPMENT LLC, DE (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
ON 3 MAY 2016 AT APPROX 2100 Z WITH 2 SOULS ONBOARD, 1 HR INTO FLIGHT WHILE OPERATING AT 24,000 FT MSL, THE NR 2 RT ENG FIRE & MSTR WARN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. REDUCED THE RT THROTTLE TO IDLE & THE LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED WITHIN 3 SECS. DECLARED AN EMER & ATC PROVIDED VECTORS, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY, AFTER 2 MINS THE RT ENG WAS SHUT DOWN & TAXIED BACK TO THE LINE. PERFORMED HIGH POWER RUN, INSPECTED FOR BLEED AIR LEAKS WITH NO ADVERSE RESULTS. ALL 3 FIRE SENSING ELEMENTS WERE CHECKED & THE LOWER UNIT WAS FOUND TO HAVE LOW RESISTANCE. THE PART WAS CHANGED OUT, GND TESTED, ENG RUN UP ACCOMPLISHED & RTS. THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION OF INSTALLATION TIMES & CYCLES OF FAILED SENSING ELEMENT THAT CAN BE LOCATED.
DURING CLIMB OUT PASSING THROUGH 13,000 FEET MSL, THE NR 2 RT ENG FIRE PULL LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN THE T HANDLE ACCOMPANIED BY FLASHING MSTR WARNING LIGHTS. THE RT THROTTLE WAS REDUCED TO IDLE WITHIN 5 SECONDS & THE ENG FIRE PULL & MSTR WARN LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER. ATC DECLARED AN EMER & EMER SERVICES WERE DISPATCHED. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY WITH THE RT ENG AT IDLE & TAXIED TO THE LINE. PERFORMED A DEEC COMPUTER DOWNLOAD, VISUALLY & OPERATIONALLY INSPECTED THE FIRE DETECTION SYS. INSPECTED THE ENG BLEED AIR SYS & PERFORMED A HIGH POWER ENG RUN WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE DISCREPANCY WAS SIGNED OFF & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.