Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Boeing 747249F

Difficulty date
December 13, 2009
Submitted
December 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N643NW
Make and model
Boeing 747249F
Aircraft serial
22245
Aircraft time
97,254 hours, 22,152 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF, FIRE WARNING AND CHIME OCCURRED. TAKEOFF ABORTED, RETURNED TO GATE. MAINTENANCE TESTED ALL FIRE WARNING SYSTEMS, ALL NORMAL. DUE TO HISTORY OF THE 1A MAIN DECK SMOKE DETECTOR, IT WAS PLACED ON MEL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SMOKE DETECTOR AT THE NEXT STATION. OPERATION TEST WAS GOOD. MEL WAS REMOVED.