Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Boeing 727221

Difficulty date
July 22, 2000
Submitted
August 22, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N367PA
Make and model
Boeing 727221
Aircraft serial
22539
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Nr 3 Engine
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

PIT - AT 70 KNOTS ON TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NR 3 FIRE LIGHT, WARNING BELL AND GROUND FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE BELL WENT OUT, AND WITH RETARDED THROTTLE, THE FIRE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE AT PIT WITHOUT INCIDENT. A BAD CONNECTOR WAS FOUND CAUSING THE GROUND FAULT LIGHT. THE GROUND FAULT WAS DEFERRED. THE FIRE LOOP AND ALL CONNECTIONS WERE CHECKED. THE NR 3 ENGINE WAS RUN AT TAKEOFF POWER AND THE WARNING BELL COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.