Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 2, 2017
Submitted
January 4, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N562AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35091
Aircraft time
39,409 hours, 11,759 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Part number
897001
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Nacelle
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE FIRE LOOP "A" DOES NOT RESPOND TO OVERHEAT/FIRE TEST. ACFT GROUNDED. VERIFIED DISCREPANCY. ACCOMPLISHED LEFT ENGINE ENGINE/APU FIRE DETECTION CONTROL MODULE BITE PROCEDURE, IAW FIM 26-10 TASK 801. FOUND LEFT ENGINE UPPER FAN DETECTOR FAULT. PERFORMED NR 1 ENGINE LOOP A FAN UPPER DETECTOR FAULT FIM 26-10 TASK 805 . FOUND DETECTOR RESISTANCE OPEN. ENGINE FIRE DETECTOR ELEMENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW AMM TASK 26-11-01-000-801. PERFORMED LEFT ENGINE AMM TASK 26-11-00-710-801 ENGINE FIRE DETECTION, OPERATIONAL TEST. SYSTEM CHECKED NORMAL.