Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
February 12, 2009
Submitted
February 19, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N175UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24382
Aircraft time
72,802 hours, 8,246 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
8244
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 3 Engine
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

NR 3 ENGINE FIRE LOOP INDICATION. FLT DIVERTED. TRIED NEW FIRE DET CARD YL PA12, NO HELP. RETURNED TO ORIG. TROUBLESHOT LOOP ASSY PER WDM26-11-34, FOUND UPPER AFT LOOP TS681 (A) TO (GRND) NOT OPEN. REPLACED UPPER AFT FIRE DETECTOR ASSY (TS681), GROUND TEST NORMAL, SYS OK.