SDR EIA2003120

Service difficulty report · Circuit Card · Boeing 747132

Difficulty date
October 2, 2003
Submitted
October 28, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N479EV
Make and model
Boeing 747132
Aircraft serial
19898
Aircraft time
98,414 hours, 26,241 cycles
Part
Circuit Card
Condition
Fire
Location
Fire Dectect Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, A, G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE AT CRUISE, FL 400, THE RT WING OVHT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CREW ACCOMPLISHED THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST. THE NR 3 AND NR 4 FIRE LOOPS FAILED FIVE MINUTES LATER. DISPATCH AND TECH CENTER NOTIFIED. AN ACRID ODOR WAS DETECTED BY THE CREW, SHORTLY AFTER THIS. SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM BEHIND THE P-6 CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL, FOLLOWED BY A SMALL FIRE IN THE FIRE DETECTION CARD FILE. THIS SDR TO REMAIN OPEN UNTIL CAUSE IS DETERMINED.