Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 16, 2017
Submitted
September 18, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N932DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49719
Aircraft time
74,267 hours, 55,337 cycles
Part
Fire Loop
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
A Loop
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH AURAL WARNING DURING DESCENT. ACCOMPLISHED QRH PROCEDURE. ENGINE FIRE LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER BOTH FIRE BOTTLE AGENTS USED. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AT 27,000 FT. ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS NORMAL BEFORE SHUTDOWN. LEFT ENGINE LOOP A TEST LAMP ON OVERHEAD PANEL AND LEFT ENGINE FIRE HANDLE BOTH ILLUMINATED AT GATE. WHEN LOOP SELECTOR SWITCHED TO BOTH OR B, THE FIRE ALARM SILENCES AND LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. WHEN SWITCHED BACK TO A, FIRE ALARM SOUNDS AND LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. TROUBLESHOT THE A LOOP IAW AMM 26-11-00. SWAPPED FIRE DETECTION CONTROL UNIT WITH RIGHT SIDE AND FAULT CLEARED. RETURNED TO ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION AND REPLACED LEFT FIRE DETECTOR CONTROL UNIT IAW AMM 26-10. LEFT FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM A TESTED GOOD.

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