Service difficulty report · Duct · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
January 3, 2018
Submitted
January 5, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
728
Aircraft time
33,050 hours, 17,750 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
1991M70G01
Condition
Loose
Location
Bleed Air
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

VERY SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OFF, AT FL330, THE NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING DISPLAYED. BEFORE INITIATING PROCEDURES, THE WARNING DISAPPEARED WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD, LESS THAN 10 SECONDS, THE WARNING DISPLAYED AGAIN AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. COMPLIED WITH THE PROPER PROCEDURES AND DIVERTED TO LAND. FOUND THE NR 1 ENGINE LT UPPER HP RECOUP DUCT UPPER COUPLING LEAK DETECTING FOIL BLOWN OFF, ALSO FOUND PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE LEAKING USING APU AIR. FOILED THE RECOUP TUBE COUPLING AND 7TH STAGE TURBINE COOLING TUBE FLEXABLE COUPLINGS. BLEEDS OPERATED NORMAL, NO FIRE DETECTION INDICATION, OPENED COWLINGS FOUND ALL TUBEING LEAK DETECT FOIL NOT BLOWN, NO LEAKS IAW MOCC. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LEFT UPPER FIRE DETECTOR RAIL ASSY IAW MM 26-12-12-04-02, OPS TESTED GOOD IAW MM 26-12-00-05-02.

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