Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Doug DC871F

Difficulty date
June 6, 2008
Submitted
July 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N822BX
Make and model
Doug DC871F
Aircraft serial
45813
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 1 Nacelle
Part time
93,049 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KIAH, NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING SOUNDED, FIRE HANDLE LIGHT, AND MASTER FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WARNING HORN COULD BE SILENCED BUT CAME BACK ON THREE TIMES. ENGINE FIRE HANDLE SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED IN SELECT AGENT POSITION; LIGHT AND HORN SILENCED. ACFT RETURNED TO KIAH WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND AND REPAIRED A BROKEN GROUND WIRE ON RT SIDE UPPER HOT SECTION FIRE LOOP IAW MM 20-50-1. ADDITIONALLY, NR 1 ENGINE FIRE DETECTOR SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD IAW MM 26-11-16. (A)

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