Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
June 5, 2013
Submitted
July 29, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N117UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
28810
Aircraft time
58,158 hours, 6,941 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
8242
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 3 Nacelle
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

STATUS MESSAGE "ENG 3 FIRE LOOP "A" FOUND CRACK ON TS684, REMOVED UPPER FWD FIRE LOOP TS684, IAW AMM 26-11-02. REPLACED LOOP IAW MM 26-11-02, ACCOMPLISHED CMC FIRE LOOP TEST AND TEST PASSED. POWERED ON ENG 3 EEC--NO STATUS MESSAGE.