Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
October 10, 2010
Submitted
October 11, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N455AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49560
Aircraft time
66,774 hours, 35,150 cycles
Part
Fire Loop
Condition
Faulted
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CR
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

DFW - CREW REPORTED FIRE LOOP B INDICATION DURING FLIGHT. FLIGHT RETURNED DFW LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. RESET FIRE DETECTOR LOOP B AUXILIARY POWER UNIT CIRCUIT BREAKER AND REPLACED AUXILIARY POWER UNIT FIRE CONTROL AS A PRECAUTION. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.

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