Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
December 10, 2015
Submitted
December 14, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N960AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55022
Aircraft time
42,527 hours, 29,088 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Nr 1 Nacelle
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

THE CREW DIVERTED THE AIRCRAFT TO CHS AFTER THE NR 1 ENGINE SHOWED A MOMENTARY FIRE INDICATION, WHICH EXTINGUISHED ON IT'S OWN. THE THROTTLE WAS BROUGHT TO IDLE AND NO EXTINGUISHING AGENT BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A TEST OF THE FIRE WARNING SYSTEM AND ALL CHECKS WERE GOOD. ALL FIRE WARNING LOOP RESISTANCES ARE WITHIN MM LIMITS. AN ENGINE RUN-UP WAS PERFORMED AND ALL PNEUMATIC DUCTS WERE CHECKED, NO TROUBLE FOUND. THE FDCU WAS REPLACED AND THE FINAL FIRE WARNING TEST WAS SATISFACTORY.

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