Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
March 13, 2019
Submitted
March 18, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805WA
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53470
Aircraft time
52,230 hours, 28,919 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING APPROACH LT ENGINE FIRE INDICATION INTERMITTENT AND THEN WENT OFF. MTX T/S ENGINE FIRE DETECTION STSYEM. FOUND LT FIRE LOOP "A" TEST SYSTEM FAILED. TRANSFERRED TO DMI 4568. IN REFRENCE TO DMI 4568: RERACKED LT ENGINE FIRE DETECTOR CONTROL UNIT AS PER AMM 26-10-03. OPS CHECK NORMAL AS PER AMM 26-10-00. THIS ACTION CLEARED DMI 4568.

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