Service difficulty report · Fire Wire · Boeing 747238B

Difficulty date
July 27, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N165UA
Make and model
Boeing 747238B
Aircraft serial
21658
Engine
Pwa JT9D7J
Part
Fire Wire
Part number
W654W89318R
Condition
Chafed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE 'B' FIRE NEEDLE IN FIRE ZONE: TESTED A NEEDLE AND GOT FAULT LIGHT: SELECTED 'B' LOOP AND NO FIRE WARNING: NOTICED BREATHER TEMP RISING (180): SHUT ENGINE DOWN. THE LWR AFT FIRE LOOP WIRING FOR BOTH A/B SYS CHAFED THROUGH THE INSULATION. THE CULPRIT WAS FOUND TO BE THE COWLING RIB THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE FWD END OF THE LWR AFT LOOP, RIGHT SIDE AT ABOUT 4 O'CLOCK AND 12 INCHES AFT ON FWD END OF COWLING. THIS RIB, FIRST RIB IN COWL COVER, WAS RUBBING ON WIRING ABOUT 1-2 INCHES FROM THE LOOP CONNECTION. THE WIRE HARNESS WAS REPAIRED USING NEW LUGS AND THE CLAMP WAS REPOSITIONED 180 DEGREES TO CLEAR THE COWLING RIB. THE SYSTEM WAS TESTED AND PASSED.