Service difficulty report · Warning System · Boeing 777F28

Difficulty date
September 5, 2014
Submitted
September 5, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N880FD
Make and model
Boeing 777F28
Aircraft serial
32967
Aircraft time
18,215 hours, 2,669 cycles
Part
Warning System
Condition
False Activation
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, G, A

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

What was found

THE FSS DISCHARGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH NO OTHER INDICATIONS IN THE COCKPIT. THE FSS CONTROL PANEL SHOWED SUPPRESSING FIRE WITH A FAULT ILLUMINATED IN POS 2R. THE FAULT ALSO SHOWED BURST DISK. TEMP WINDOW ALSO SHOWED MANY TEMP VARIATIONS BETWEEN -4 TO 500 DEG. RAN FSS DISCHARGE LIGHT CHECKLIST, & THE FIRE CARGO CHECKLIST. ITEMS ACCOMPLISHED & ACFT DIVERTED. ON VISUAL INSPECTION, FSS NOZZLE POSITIONED ITSELF OVER THE CAN IN POS 2R, BUT DID NOT PENETRATE. FIRE SUPPRESSION FOAM DID EXIT THE NOZZLE & SPEWED ALL OVER. ACTIVATION STEPS COMPLIED WITH IAW MM 26-20-10.

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