Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 76731K

Difficulty date
June 8, 2020
Submitted
June 15, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1373A
Make and model
Boeing 76731K
Aircraft serial
27205
Aircraft time
101,825 hours, 21,424 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Fire Detector
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

L ENG FIRE LOOP 1 MESSAGE. PERFORMED FIM 26-11 F/T 805, NO MESSAGES, FAULTS NOTED ON EICAS. CHECKED W/ INBOUND CREW, NO MESSAGES DURING FLT. PERFORMED A BITE OF ENGINE FIRE DETECTION IAW FIM 26-11 F/T 804, NO FAULTS OR MESSAGES NOTED. RE-OPENED DUE TO REPEAT ITEM ON THE VERY NEXT FLIGHT LEG TO RFD. T/S ENGINE NR 1 FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM IAW FIM 26-11 FT 304. FOUND FIRE DETECTOR TERMINAL LUGS CERAMIC INSULATOR WITH DARK DISCOLORATION ON LOWER AFT ENG FIRE DETECTOR. CLEANED DETECTOR INSULATOR PER FIM. FOLLOWED LOWER AFT ENG LOOP AND FOUND LOOP WIRES TOUCHING EACH OTHER ON THE FIRST GROMMET DOWN. SEPARATED LOOP WIRES FROM EACH OTHER, PERFORMED ENGINE FIRE DETECTOR TEST OPS CHECKS NORMAL.

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