SDR CAL960058

Service difficulty report · Clamp · Doug DC1010

Difficulty date
January 23, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N68042
Make and model
Doug DC1010
Aircraft serial
46901
Part
Clamp
Part number
34H40550
Condition
Worn
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
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

GUM - FLT 0977 - NR 2 ENGINE A-FIRE LOOP LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CLIMB OUT OF GUM WITH B-LOOP ON PLACARD. THE B-LOOP HAD BEEN PLACARDED PREVIOUSLY FOR BEING INTERMITTENLY INOPERABLE. LATER, BOTH LOOP LIGHTS AND FIRE LIGHT WERE ON. ENGINE POWER REDUCED AND ALL FIRE WARNING LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. ACFT RETURNED TO GUM WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. MX FND A HEAVY AIR LEAK AT THE HIGH STAGE BLEED VALVE DUE TO A WORN UPPER CLAMP. LEAK SOURCE LOCATED CLOSE TO PYLON A & B SENSING FIRE WARNING ELEMENT. BLEED VALVE CLAMP REPLACED. A HIGH POWER RUN PERFORMED FOR 20 MINUTES WITH BOTH THE 'A' AND 'B' FIRE WARNING SYSTEMS TESTING AND OPERATING NORMAL. (X)

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