Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 22, 2017
Submitted
January 5, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N601FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48401
Aircraft time
79,759 hours, 20,202 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
7084225
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT APPROXIMATELY 700 FT DURING FINAL, LEVEL 3 ENG 2 FIRE BELL AND WARNING STAYED ON FOR 3-4 SECONDS, THEN WENT OUT. MOVED THROTTLE TO IDLE AFTER SECOND WARNING AT 500FT. WARNING WENT OUT AGAIN. DECIDED TO LAND THE ACFT. IN THE FLARE, THE WARNING OCCURED A THIRD TIME. ROLLOUT NORMAL. AFTER LANDING COMPLETED PHASE 1 AND SHUTDOWN THE NR 2 ENGINE. BLEW THE NR 2 AGENT BOTTLE. NO FURTHER LIGHTS AND WARNINGS. COMPLETED INSTALLATION OF 14 STAGE MANIFOLD DUCTING AND TOLERANCE TAKE UP DUCT ASSY IAW AMM 36-14-03-4-1, WRAPPED DUCT BOSSES AND CLAMPS WITH FOIL AND PERFORMED A LEAK CHECK IAW AMM 36-14-03-5-1. GROUND RAN ENGINE IAW JRH, NO LEAKS, ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL, OK FOR SERVICE.

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