Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
July 2, 2006
Submitted
July 14, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N528MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
22472
Aircraft time
77,188 hours, 15,337 cycles
Engine
Ge CF650E2
Engine time
69,935 hours, 13,991 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
1991M85601
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Nr 4 Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
E, F, A

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

What was found

FOLLOWING TAKEOFF NR 4 ENG FIRE INDICATIONS NACELLE TEMPS A/B HIGH, THEN TO FIRE "F" AND FULL WARNING ENG NR 4 SHUTDOWN AS PER CHECKLIST. NR 4 ENG FIRE BOTTLE "A" DISCHARGED, FIRE WARNING EXTINGUISHED. FOUND 14TH STAGE BLEED AIR DUCT RUPTURE. REMOVED AND REPLACED DUCT AS PER MM 36-11-01. PFMD ENG TEST NR 4 AS PER MM 71-00-00. ALL INDICATION NML, DUCT LOCATION ENG RT SIDE. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT "A" FIRE EXTINGUISHER CONTAINER AS PER MM 26-21-03. ACCOMPLISHED EXTINGUISHER AGENT CONTAMINATION CHECK AS PER MM 72-00-00. CHECKS OK.

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