Fire Extinguishing Bottles
Good morning fellow aviators... the last reply on this thread was way back in 2009 and I was not a pilot then. Now that I am already a pilot I have encountered several aircraft discrepancies that made me ask myself a question and obviously I was not able to answer myself that is why I am trying to seek help from you guys.
One of the aircraft I am flying is one of the oldest in our inventory, it is equipped with fire extinguishing bottles that was recently found out that is not operational. One of our maintenance personnel accidentally pressed the engine fire button during pre-flight inspection and luckily (unlucky in case of actual engine fire) there were no agent discharge in the engine and only to find out, it was nothing but air. The fire extinguishing bottles was not serviced since the acquisition of the said aircraft. And it was then that I realized that I was flying without fire extinguishing units the whole time.
Now everything in the aircraft was fine and running except for the fire extinguishing bottles. This aircraft never had an incident of engine fire on-flight and on the ground. Do you have any similar experience like this?