Service difficulty report · Lug · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 18, 2012
Submitted
March 20, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35693
Aircraft time
11,675 hours, 3,527 cycles
Part
Lug
Part number
322341
Condition
Broken
Location
Fire Loop
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

UPON PREFLIGHT FOUND FIRE DETECTION LOOP B INOP ON NR 2 ENGINE. DUPLICATED FAULT HARD FAIL NR 2 ENG B LOOP FIRE LOOP. M279 ENG/APU FIRE OVHT DET CONTROL MODULE BITE SHOWS OPEN CKT/BAD DETECTOR (3 RED LIGHTS). CHECKED ALL 4 DETECTORS RESISTANCES ALL CHECKED GOOD. FOUND HARNESS (MW0316) RESISTANCE BETWEEN UPPR FAN DET (M1757) & LWR FAN DET (M1758) READ 2K OHMS. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND BROKEN TERMINAL LUG AT UPPR FAN B LOOP DET (M1757) RE-TERMINATED LUG. NR 2 ENGINE B LOOP FIRE DET OPS CHECK NORMAL REF AMM TASK 26 11 00.