Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 1072

Difficulty date
February 17, 2014
Submitted
February 17, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6682D
Make and model
Boeing 1072
Aircraft serial
101
Aircraft time
67,495 hours
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fire Detection
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

INTERMITTENT INFLIGHT ILLUMINATION OF NR 1 ENG FIRE DETECTION WARNING LIGHT. FALSE WARNING. REPLACED MULTIPLE FIRE WARNING EYES AND A FIRE HANDLE RELAY. SUFFERED ANOTHER RASH OF FALSE FIRE WARNING INDICATIONS. FAULTY PORTIONS OF THE NR 1 FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM WAS REPLACED FOR MULTIPLE NICKS IN THE WIRE SHIELDING AND SUSPECTED FAULTY SPLICES. NO FURTHER REOCCURRENCE’S HAVE BEEN REPORTED.