Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 727243

Difficulty date
February 12, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N17407
Make and model
Boeing 727243
Aircraft serial
21270
Engine
Pwa JT8D9
Part
Duct
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 3 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

NR 3 ENG FIRE WARNING ACTIVATED AFTER T/O FROM BWI. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO BWI WHERE IT LANDED W/O INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE PNEUMATIC DUCT LEADING TO NR 3 NOSE COWL ANTI-ICE VALVE BLOWN. THE NOSE COWL FLANGE FITTING FOR COWL ANTI-ICE INLET WAS ALSO BLOWN. THE PNEUMATIC DUCT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE NOSE COWL WAS ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 71-10-21, PAGE 401-403. THE NR 3 ENG WAS RUN AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. FOUND A BROKEN CLAMP AFTER REMOVING THE OUTER SKIN OF THE NOSE COWL. THE CLAMP BREAKAGE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE DUCT FAILURE DUE TO THE MOVEMENT THAT THE DUCT WAS ALLOWED AFTER THE CLAMP HAD BROKEN. THIS MOVEMENT CONCENTRATED STRESS ON A SPECIFIC LOCATION CAUSING THE DUCT TO FAI