Service difficulty report · Circuit Card · Boeing 747251B

Difficulty date
June 19, 2007
Submitted
June 21, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N632NW
Make and model
Boeing 747251B
Aircraft serial
23112
Aircraft time
87,165 hours, 13,315 cycles
Part
Circuit Card
Condition
Burned
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, HAD INDICATION OF FAULT ON NR 4 ENGINE FAULT GAUGE. NEEDLE BOUNCING BETWEEN 6 AND 8 WITH FLASHING FAULT LIGHT/FIRE DETECTION LIGHT. FAULT LIGHT CAME ON STEADY. THEN PERFORMED COM 2.26.32. THEN SMELLED ODOR OF BURNING INSULATION AND/OR ELECTRICAL FLAMES. S/O OBSERVED ODOR/FLAMES WITHIN THE P-6 C/B PANEL UPPER PORTION BEHIND FIRE DETECTION CONTROL PANEL. AT THAT POINT, PERFORMED ELECTRICAL FIRE OR SMOKE RED BORDERED CHECKLIST AND INITIATED EMERGENCY DESCENT, DECLARED EMERGENCY. ENGINE FIRE DETECTION 3A-4A C/B OPENED POPPED. CONTINUED COM 2.26.6. FLAMES STILL IN VIEW AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY. AT THE POINT OF TRIPPING GB’S FOR THE NR 1 AND NR 2 GENERATORS, THE FLAMES DIMINISHED AND EVENTUAL