Service difficulty report · Overheat Loop · Boeing 737201

Difficulty date
October 6, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 737201
Aircraft time
66,144 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D17
Part
Overheat Loop
Condition
False Indication
Location
Wng To Bdy
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN CRUISE FLIGHT, APROX. AT FL340, LT WING BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NON NORMAL CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED AND LIGHT REMAINED ON. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ACFT DIVERTED. ONCE ON FINAL APPROACH, LIGHT WENT OUT AND REMAINED OUT. NORMAL LANDING WAS CARRIED OUT EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE ON STANDBY. MX INSPECTED ACFT LT BLEED DUCTS AND AIR CONDITIONING BAYS AND FOUND NO LEAKS. MX RELEASED ACFT IAW MFG MEL 26-12. ACFT FLEW WHERE MX PERSONEL CONDUCTED LT WING TO BODY OVERHEAT SYS TESTS AND COULD NOT FAULT THE SYS. THE MEL WAS CLEARED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. NOTE: AMM INDICATES MOISTURE IN AN OVERHEAT LOOP CONNECTION CAN TRIGGER A FALSE WARNING. SUSPECT THIS MAY HAVE OCCURED.