Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
January 19, 2013
Submitted
January 21, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N619FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48770
Aircraft time
55,786 hours, 12,645 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Part number
7110843
Condition
Damaged
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

FORTY MINUTES INTO FLIGHT RECEIVED A LEVEL ONE "FIRE DET 1 FAULT" ALERT IT WAS FOLLOWED BY INTERMITTENT LEVEL THREE NR 1 FIRE ALERT AND "FIRE DET 1 FAIL" ALERTS. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. CFDS SHOWS NOT CURRENT FAULTS FOR FDCU 1. LEG 1 FAULTS SHOWS "UP RIGHT FIRE DET ASSY B", UP RIGHT ASSY A". LEG 2 FAULT SHOWS "LOWER FIRE DET ASSY A". REPLACED NR 1 ENG UPPER RT LOOP ASSY AND LOWER TURBINE RAIL ASSY IAW AMM 26-11-03-4-1. REPLACED LT HARNESS ASSY IAW 71-50-04-4-1. REPLACED SEMI RIGID CABLES IAW AMM 71-50-04-2-1. FDCU 1 SHOWS NO CURRENT FAULTS. RTS PASS. AWAITING HIGH POWER ENG RUN. PERFORMED HIGH POWER ENGINE RUN IAW JRH. NO FIRE DETECTION FAULT OR ALERT. NO CURRENT FAULT AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN. ACFT OK FOR CONTINUE SERVICE.

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