Service difficulty report · Clamp · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
August 3, 2010
Submitted
August 5, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N220MJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
220
Aircraft time
42,838 hours, 39,990 cycles
Part
Clamp
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING GEAR RETRACTION, ENGINE FIRE (RT ENG) FIRE BELL AURAL ALERT ILLUMINATED AND WENT OUT. ENGINE FIRE CWP ONLY, HANDLE WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. DURING FLAP EXTENSION, AND GEAR EXTENSION, EXPERIENCED THE SAME PHENOMENON. INSTALLED WEU P/N 004W500, S/N 1116 AND OPS CHECKED PER AMM 26-11-00-05. INSTALLED FDCU P/N 899052-02, S/N ON 749, PERFORMED OPS CHECKS PER 26-11-00-05, OPS CHECKS GOOD. SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIME OPS CHECKS GOOD. DURING GEAR SWING FOUND RT ENG AFT FIRE LOOP CLAMP BROKEN, REMOVED AND REPLACED CLAMP P/N 245857 PER SRM 51-40-21, OPS CHECKS GOOD.

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