Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 1, 2012
Submitted
August 20, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N513AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35192
Aircraft time
14,888 hours, 4,775 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B273
Part
Wire Harness
Part number
3250275060
Condition
Frayed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT FAILS TO ILLUMINATE DURING TEST. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED TASK 26-10-00-810-801 NO FAULTS NOTED, CYCLED A/C POWER, NR 1 ENG OVERHEAT LIGHT TESTED NORMAL. AFTER STARTING NR 1 ENGINE, THE OVERHEAT DETECT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER APPROX 5 SEC, THE OVERHEAT LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. AFTER TESTING AGAIN, THE NR 1 ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. PERFORMED BITE ON ENGINE/APU FIRE DETECT FIM 26-10, TASK 801 NO FAULTS. VISUALLY INSP ALL TERMINAL ENDS ON A AND B LOOPS NR 1 ENGINE NO DEFECTS NOTED. RANG OUT WIRES IAW FIM 26-10-00-810-805, STEP F (3) (4) ALL WIRES RANG GOOD. RAN ENGINE AND PERFORMED OPS CK AMM 26-10-00 OPS NORMAL, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE DEFECT. REPLACED ENG AND APU FIRE CONTROL PANEL. FOUND ONE TERMINAL LUG ON RIGHT CORE A LOOP FRAYED. REPLACED A LOOP CORE FIRE DETECTION HARNESS. REF WDM 26-11-11, IPC 26-11-02-01, AMM 26-11-02.