Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 30, 2001
Submitted
February 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N778UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26940
Aircraft time
23,051 hours, 4,488 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Engine time
21,929 hours, 4,428 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Indication
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, J, A

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

What was found

EN ROUTE NR 2 ENG FIRE INDICATION. ENG SHUTDOWN & ACFT DIVERTED. DUMPED FUEL & LANDED UNDER AMBER ALERT. ENG INSPECTED FOR EVIDENCE OF FIRE & OVERHEAT CONDITIONS, NONE FOUND. FIRE WARN SYS TEST PASSED. NO MX MESSAGE FAULTS RECORDED. THE HIGH POWER ENG RUN AT BGR & SUBSEQUENT FERRY FLIGHT BACK TO ORD, DID NOT DUPLICATE THE FIRE INDICATION. THE ITEMS REMOVED AS PRECAUTIONARY: FODC CARD, DUCT VENT VALVE (ALTHOUGH, GASKET WAS FOUND DAMAGED), & UPPER FIRE LOOP HAVE ALL CHECKED OK PER SHOP. THE A/C WAS INSPECTED FOR FIRE WARNING WIRE INTERFERENCE DESCRIBED ON 777-SL-24-032. THE A/C CHECKED OUT CLEAN. QAR & FDR INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMPILED & WILL BE FWD'D TO BOEING FOR ANALYSIS.