Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737282C

Difficulty date
April 9, 2011
Submitted
April 12, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N826AL
Make and model
Boeing 737282C
Aircraft serial
23051
Aircraft time
56,198 hours, 65,951 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Shorted
Location
Fire Warning
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUSE FLIGHT, THE CREW NOTED THE NR1 ENGINE OVERHEAT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONDITION WAS INTERMITTENT AND EXTINGUISHED. THE CREW RETURNED TO HNL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX FOUND A SHORTED CONNECTOR IN THE LOWER FIRE AND OVERHEAT DETECTOR LOOP. THE SHORT WAS CORRECTED IAW THE SWPM 20-30-12. PERFORMED ENGINE HIGH POWER RUN FOR OPS CHECK IAW AMM 26-11-1. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.