Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Doug MD9030

Difficulty date
July 1, 2018
Submitted
July 3, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N931DN
Make and model
Doug MD9030
Aircraft serial
53544
Aircraft time
43,586 hours, 29,134 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
C, F

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

What was found

ATO, ON THROTTLE RUN-UP DURING T/O AT APPROX 1.20-1.28 PER, "FIRE, RT ENG" AURAL TONE, RED LIGHT RT HANDLE, AND MASTER CAUTION LIGHTS. RED LIGHT STAYED ON PERSISTENTLY AFTER RUNNING QRH. THE CREW BLEW THE FIRE BOTTLES AND CFR WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AIRCRAFT. REPLACED RT ENG FIRE BOTTLE DUE TO CREW DISCHARGING BOTTLE. PERFORMED FIRE INDICATION TEST. ENG FIRE LOOP INDICATION INOP. T/S PER FIM FOUND RT FIRE DETECTION UNIT AMPLIFIER NOT TESTING. SWAPPED FDCU. PROBLEM FOLLOWED. R&R RT FDCU. TESTED OK. PERFORMED HIGH POWER ENG RUN.

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