Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 7472D7B

Difficulty date
August 11, 2006
Submitted
August 18, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N526MC
Make and model
Boeing 7472D7B
Aircraft serial
22337
Aircraft time
91,240 hours, 18,714 cycles
Engine
Ge CF650E2B
Engine time
70,815 hours, 13,026 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
65B9462232
Part serial
G74375
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A, J, M
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIR TURNBACK, NR 3 ENGINE IN FLIGHT FIRE. BOTH NACELLE TEMPS 8.5. NR 3 ENGINE FIRE HANDLE PULLED. NR 3 ENGINE EGT 924 DEG WITH REDUCED POWER, T/O OF 104.3 POWER REMAINED AT 103.0 FOR 6 TO 7 MINUTES. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 3 ENGINE EDP, RETURN PRESSURE AND CASE DRAIN FILTER. PERFORMED ENGINE RUN-UP. OPS CHECK SATISFACTORY PER MM 29-11-05. FOUND 1-EACH PNEUMATIC DUCTING RUPTURE BELOW OVER PRESSURE S/O VALVE. REPLACED DUCT ASSY. PERFORMED ENGINE RUN-UP, OPS CK SATISFACTORY AS PER MM 78-34-00.

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