Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Doug DC863F

Difficulty date
July 8, 2001
Submitted
July 10, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N441J
Make and model
Doug DC863F
Aircraft serial
45988
Aircraft time
71,914 hours, 25,704 cycles
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
D5030
Part serial
DA1612
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 2 & 3 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

AT 10,000 FT MSL MASTER FIRE WARNING SOUNDED MOMENTARILY NR 2 FIRE HANDLE ILLUMINATED, APPROX 30 SECONDS LATER MASTER FIRE WARNING SOUNDED MOMENTARILY AGAIN AND NR 3 FIRE HANDLE ILLUMINATED. ENGINE SEVERE DAMAGE OR SEPARATION CHECKLIST INITIATED, ENGINE NR 1, 2, 3 FIRE WARNING TESTED OK AND NR 4 DID NOT. ON THE SECOND IDENTIFY ENGINE NR 1, 2, 4 TESTED OK AND NR 3 DID NOT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MIAMI WITHOUT INCIDENT. OVERWEIGHT LANDING PERFORMED INTO MIAMI. PERFORMED NR 2 ENGINE ELECTRICAL WIRING CHECK, FOUND NORMAL, FOR T/S REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 AMPLIFIER FIRE WARNING IAW MM 26-10-4 (WD 26-1-1). PERFORMED NR 3 ENGINE ELECTRICAL WIRING CHECK FOUND NORMAL IAW WD 26-1-1, FOR T/S REM.

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