SDR 9517056622

Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Boeing 747251B

Difficulty date
October 31, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N622US
Make and model
Boeing 747251B
Aircraft serial
21704
Engine
Pwa JT9D7Q
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
Activated
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A, E

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB, THE NR 3 ENGINE EXPERIENCED HIGH NACELLE TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED BY A FIRE WARNING. POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE AND THE NACELLE TEMPERATURES RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NRT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL THREE-ENGINE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE FIRE BOTTLES WERE NOT DISCHARGED, NO FUEL WAS DUMPED, AND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS FOUND. THE HIGH-STAGE BLEED VALVE WAS LOCKED OUT AND A GROUND RUN-UP CONFIRMED PROPER ENGINE OPERATION.