Service difficulty report · Relay · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
February 6, 2018
Submitted
February 8, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
728
Aircraft time
33,080 hours, 17,781 cycles
Part
Relay
Condition
Failed
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, E, A

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

What was found

PASSING 30K FEET CLIMBING TO FL 340, A NR 1 ENGINE FIRE INDICATION, ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. FOLLOWED ECAMS AND SECURED THE NR 1 ENGINE. FIRE INDICATION REMAINED AFTER AGENT FIRED. FIRED THE NR 2 AGENT AND THE FIRE INDICATION DEACTIVED. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. REPLACED THE RELAY 9WD IAW ESPM 20-46-50. PERFORMED A NR 1 FIRE DETECTION TEST IAW 26-12-00-05-02. NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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