Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 13, 2017
Submitted
December 15, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512JN
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48512
Aircraft time
97,047 hours, 13,383 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, LEVEL 3 ENGINE FIRE #2 ALERT FOLLOWED BY LEVEL 1 ENG 2 FIRE FAIL. ALL ALERTS EXTINGUISHED THEN RECYCLED FOUR TIMES. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT.

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