SDR 9801221234

Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
January 18, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N234NW
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
46912
Engine
Ge CF650C
Part
Duct
Part number
1555M77601
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, J

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

What was found

ON INITIAL CLIMB-OUT (BOM), THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LOOP A LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THREE MINUTES LATER THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LOOP B LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED. POWER WAS REDUCED TO 60 PERCENT ON THE NR 1 ENGINE AND BOTH INDICATIONS EXTINGUISHED. ALL OTHER ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE NORMAL. FUEL WAS DUMPED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BOM. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND FOUND TWO COMPRESSOR BLEED DUCTS HAD BECOME SEPARATED AT A THREADED CONNECTION. ONE DUCT WAS REPLACED AND THE FOLLOW-UP ENGINE RUN AT FULL POWER WAS NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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