Service difficulty report · Overheat Loop · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
August 22, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N481FE
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21463
Part
Overheat Loop
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Lwr Aft Fus
Stage of operation
CR
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

LWR AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT BLINKED ON MOMENTARILY ONCE WHILE IN FLIGHT. REMOVED GILLINER PANELS LOWER AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT. INSPECTED SENSOR, FOUND NUMEROUS SPOTS SENSOR RUBBING METAL BRACKETS. REPOSITIONED SAME, REMOVED KEEL BEAM PANEL, INSPECTED SENSOR AND CHECKED GOOD. LEAK CHECK SYSTEM, MANY SMALL LEAKS AFT STAIR AREA. TIGHTEN CLAMPS RAN ENGINE AND APU NO LEAK NOTED. NO OVERHEAT NOTED, CLOSED ALL PANELS AND STILL NO OVERHEAT INDICATIONS NOTED.