Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 747243B

Difficulty date
April 10, 2008
Submitted
April 14, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N516MC
Make and model
Boeing 747243B
Aircraft serial
22507
Part
Duct
Condition
Leaking
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

WITH NR 2 ENGINE FIRE LOOP "B" ON DEFERRAL AND APPROXIMATELY 140NM OUT OF ICN AT FL29 LOOP "A" FIRE DETECTOR LIGHT AND FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY FIRE WARNING BELLS. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND FIRE HANDLE PULLED WITH OUT DISCHARGING BOTTLES. OIL PRESSURE WAS MAINTAINED AT JUST OVER 4 PSI, 10 PERCENT N1; 7 PERCENT N2 NAC TEMP 2.0. MAINT FOUND THE DUCT FOR THE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE LEAKING AND REPLACED SAME. ALSO, THE FORWARD AND AFT UPPER FIRE DETECTORS WERE REPLACED.