Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
August 20, 2003
Submitted
August 21, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N588FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48490
Aircraft time
39,625 hours, 6,689 cycles
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
346000293
Part serial
09844F1
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

AT 1455Z, FL360,M.83.ENG NR 2 FIRE LIGHT CAME ON. INTERMITTENT AT FIRST IT BECAME STEADY AND ENG NR 2 WAS SHUTDOWN IAW CHECKLIST. NO OTHER ADVERSE INDICATIONS OBSERVED EXCEPT FIRE DETECT 2 FAIL LEVEL 1 ALERT. RTB WAS UNEVENTFUL, 1 FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED. USING MEGGER FOUND UPPER LT B-LOOP AND LOWER TURBINE A-LOOP SHORTED TO GROUND. R AND I BOTH LOOP DETECTOR PER MM 26-11-03-4 FDCU NR 2 RTS TEST PASSED. R AND I ENG NR 2 SYS 1 FIRE BOTTLE AND TEST PER MM 26-21-01-4 TEST OK. RUN NR 2 ENG PER MD11 JRH ALL PARAMETERS AND INDICATIONS NML. PERFORMED NR 2 ENG DECAY CHK PER MD11 JRH TEST PASSED. OPEN AND CLOSED ENG COWLS AND PLATFORM PER MM 71-10-00.

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