Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Doug DC1010

Difficulty date
March 17, 2000
Submitted
October 4, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1837U
Make and model
Doug DC1010
Aircraft serial
47969
Aircraft time
82,257 hours, 28,503 cycles
Engine
Ge CF66D
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
ASL0164509
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

NR 3 ENG FIRE DET B-LOOP LIGHT ON. INTERMITTENT FIRE WARN B-LOOP JUST PRIOR LANDING. OPERATIONS WAS NOTIFIED BY FLIGHT CREW THAT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. *S/D* NR 3 ENGINE ''A'' LOOP WAS PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED FOR ''NO-TEST''. WHEN THE ''B'' LOOP LIGHT ILLUMINATED, A FIRE WARNING WAS INDICATED. THE JUMPER WIRE BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER ''B'' LOOP FAN COWL ELEMENTS WAS FOUND CHAFING AGAINST COWLING. IN ADDITION, THE ASSOC ELEMENT WAS DAMAGED. THE WIRE (W49C16) WAS REPAIRED AND THE DAMAGED ELEMENT REPLACED. THE PROBLEM WITH ''A'' LOOP COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, AND HAS NOT REOCURRED.

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