Service difficulty report · Overheat Sensor · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 12, 2013
Submitted
June 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N513AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35192
Aircraft time
18,229 hours, 5,686 cycles
Part
Overheat Sensor
Condition
False Activation
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER ENGINE START THEN WENT OUT CALLED MC CONTINUED TAXI WITH LIGHT OUT TWO MINUTES LATER NR 1 ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED TASK 26-11-00-710-801 AFTER COOL AND OPENED BOTH ENG COWL AND THRUST REVERSER COWLS. LIGHT ON NR 1 OVERHEAT EXTINGUISHED AND TEST NORMAL. RAN ENGINE, NO OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. POS AND BITE CHECKED GOOD. PERFORMED FIM TASK 26-10-00-810-805, RESISTANCE OF A AND B LOOPS ON NR 1 ENG GOOD. NO FAULTS FOUND. INSPECTED DUCTS AND DETECTION LOOPS IN NR 1 ENG NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.