Service difficulty report · Terminal · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
February 11, 2009
Submitted
February 12, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N616FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48747
Aircraft time
46,245 hours, 10,516 cycles
Part
Terminal
Condition
Broken
Location
Fire Detector
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

DURING POWER REDUCTION LEVEL 3 ENGINE 2 FIRE ALERT. BEGAN CHECKLIST ALERT/LIGHTS WENT AWAY. ENG 2 FIRE DET FAIL ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED BY ENGINE FIRE, DETECT FAIL, DETECT FAULT. ALL ALERTS CLEARED EXCEPT ENG 2 FAULT (PREVIOUS WRITE-UP/MEL). ON RETURN, SAME INDICATIONS ON FINAL, AS ABOVE. FOUND TERMINAL TB2-C BROKEN FROM RESPONDER ON "A" LOOP, REPAIRED PER WIRING DIAG 26-11-02, LOOP "A". OPS CHECK NORMAL, RAN ENG TO TEST PER JRH, ALL CHECK NORMAL. STILL HAVE "UP RIGHT FIRE DET ASSY B" FAULT, WILL PLACE ON MEL AND DISPATCH ACFT. THIS WRI TO BE CLOSED AND NEW WRI FOR NR 2 B LOOP OPENED.

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