Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
August 22, 2019
Submitted
August 26, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805WA
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53470
Aircraft time
52,917 hours, 29,319 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Fire Loop
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LT ENGINE LOOP A AND FIRE HANDLE INTERMITTENT ILLUMINATION DURING APPROACH WITHOUT FIRE BELL FOR THE ENGINE FIRE AND NO CAWS ALERT. OPS CHECK LT ENGINE FIRE DETECTION LOOP A FOUND TO BE NORMAL IAW AMM 26-10-00. DURING APPROACH, THE LT ENGINE DETECTION LOOP A ND LT FIRE HANDLE INTERMITTENT ILLUMINATION. WHEN TESTING LOOP A IAW QRH, ONLY TWO LOOP LIGHTS CAME ON INSTEAD OF THREE. RT ENGINE AND APU ILLUMINATED, THE LT ENGINE FIRE LOOP A LIGHT AND FIRE HANDLE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, FIRE WARNING WAS NOT ACTIVATED IN LT ENGINE, NO CAWS, NO FIRE BELL. TEST WAS NOT SATISFACTORY. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IAW AMM 26-10-00 WDM 26-26-31-01, 26-11-00. FOUND A BROKEN WIRE AT LOOP B OF THE LOWER PYLON DETECTOR ELEMENT THAT WAS CORRECTED. ALSO FOUND SWAPPED ELEMENT WIRES AT UPPER PYLON ELEMENT SENSOR SECURED PER WDM 26-11-00. PERFORMED OPS CHECK. OPS CHECK NORMAL IAW AMM MD-80 26-10-00. NO FAULTS NOTED.

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