Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
December 14, 2017
Submitted
December 16, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N360FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46636
Aircraft time
85,036 hours, 30,353 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Connector
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, A

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

What was found

PDIS 360 26-10 4655 13DEC17 MEM FACT U LOGPAGES:2734383 ENG #3 FIRE INDICATION ON CLIMB OUT. COMPLIED WITH QRH PROCEDURES, INCLUDING DISCHARGE OF AGT 2. FIRE INDICATIONS STOPPED. CRASH CREW REPORTED NO INDICATIONS OF FIRE VISIBLE. RETURNED #3 ENG FIRE DETECTORS TO NORMAL OPS PER MD10 MEL 26-11-01-01. EXAMINED #3 ENGINE FOR LOOSE DUCTS OF EVIDENCE OF A FIRE. NONE FOUND. WHILE SHAKING WIRE HARNESS FOR PYLON FIRE DETECTOR A&B RECIEVED INTERMITENT B LOOP FAULT. R/R B LOOP HARNESS AND A LOOP HARNESS FOR PYLON FIRE DETECTORS. IAW MD10 MM 20-30-02-2. PERFORMED FIRE TEST IAW MD10 MM 26-11-02-5. FIRE TEST PASSED. FOILED PNEUMATIC DUCTS IAW MD10 MM 36-00-00-0. PERFORMED HIGH PWER RUN FOR #3 ENG IAW MD10 JRH. 3 MIN INTO RUN RECIEVED #3 ENG B LOOP FAULT. FAULT WAS ON SOLID DURING RUN FOR 10 MIN. ON TAXI BACK TO GATE FAULT WAS INTERMITENT AND ON SOLID AGAIN BY THE TIME WE PARKED. REEXAMINED PYLON B LOOP HARNESS AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE FAULT COME AND GO BY SHAKING CONNECTOR AT THE PYLON JUNCTION BOX. EXAMINED ALL FOILED DUCTS NO LEAKS NOTED. SHGN 14DEC17 00:41 MEM U REF WDM 26-11-03 FOUND WIRES AT CONNECTORS R5-8024 AND R5-8025 BORKEN INSIDE CONNECTORS AT PINS A AND B OF PLUG 8025 AND A B AND C OF 8024. PERFORMED HIGH PWER RUN FOR #3 ENG NO DEFECTS NOTED SYSTEM CHECKS NORMAL.

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