Service difficulty report · Connector · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
August 22, 2006
Submitted
August 25, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803ML
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49726
Aircraft time
46,678 hours, 27,486 cycles
Part
Connector
Part number
805325
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED, (FIRE DETECTOR LOOP A), (APU FIRE) AND (LT CSD HIGH TEMPERATURE) LIGHTS TURNED ON, AUDIBLE ALARM WAS ACTIVATED, LT GENERATOR WAS INOPERATIVE AND CAPTAIN ACTIVATED FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM WAS CHECKED DETECTING DETECTORS A AND B TERMINALS WITH EXCESIVE OIL AND DIRTY. CLEANING AND TEST WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 26-10-00, ALL CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK AND AS A PRECAUTIONARY ACTION, THE DETECTOR D1-6 OF LOOP A AND CONNECTORS P1-755 AND P1-751, WERE REPLACED IAW MM 26-10-00 AND 26-12-00, TESTED CORRECT.

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