Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
February 24, 2019
Submitted
February 28, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
33240
Aircraft time
13,570 hours, 5,157 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fire Detector
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, A

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

What was found

FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE AFT CARGO FIRE WARNING INDICATION ILLUMINATED. THE AFT CARGO FIRE BOTTLES WERE DEPLOYED. THE AIRCRAFT DECLAIRED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE WAS FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES, AVIONICS MTC FOUND THE MOISTURE TRAY ABOVE THE EQUIPMENT RACK WAS CRACKED AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF FLUIDS DRAINING THROUGH THE CRACK AND ONTO THE CONNECTORS INSTEAD OF FLOWING DOWN THE COLLECTION TUBE, CAUSING A SHORTED CIRCUIT AND INDICATING A FALSE FIRE WARNING. THE MOISTURE SHROUD WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AS WELL AS THE CORRODED CONNECTORS.