SDR MALA050432

Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
May 21, 2005
Submitted
May 24, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N435XJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B435
Aircraft time
17,033 hours, 18,572 cycles
Part
Fire Loop
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

CREW SHUT DOWN AN ENGINE FOLLOWING ANNUNCIATION OF ENGINE FIRE WARNING SYSTEM DURING FLIGHT. ENGINE FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED FOLLOWED BY UNEVENTFUL LANDING. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO GATE. MAINT FOUND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF UNCONTAINED FIRE OR NON-NORMAL COMBUSTION WITHIN THE ENGINE. FOUND A BROKEN WELD ON THE JET PIPE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE INDUCTOR SHROUD, THAT CHANNELS EXHAUST GASES OUT OF ENGINE. THE ENGINE FIRE SENSOR (ONE OF WHICH IS NEAR THE BROKEN WELD) PICKED UP THE HOT (700+C) EXHAUST AIR TEMPS & INDICATED A FIRE. THE ONLY REMNANTS OF SOOT THAT WERE FIRST DISCOVERED INSIDE ENGINE COWLING CAME FROM INDUCTOR BREAK THAT ALLOWED THAT EXHAUST AIR TO CIRCULATE IN AREAS IT NORMALLY CAN NOT GO.

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