Service difficulty report · Fire Loops · Doug DC873F

Difficulty date
May 13, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808UP
Make and model
Doug DC873F
Aircraft serial
46008
Part
Fire Loops
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 4 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

AT FL 330 OBSERVED THE MASTER WARNING LIGHT ON. NO OTHER INDICATIONS ABNORMAL. CHECKED SHORT CIRCUT NR 4 DID NOT TEST IN EITHER POSITION THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, CHOOSE TO SHUT DOWN NR 4. UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF FIRE EXISTS. AFTER SHUT DOWN NR 4 MAN AIR OVER TEMP LIGHT ILLUM, THEN EXTING ABOUT 20 SEC LATER RT MAN TEMP (SEE HARD COPY). VISUALLY INSP NR 4 ENG PNUE DUCTING FOR COND AND SEC NO DEFECTS. REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL CORE SECTION FIRE DETECTION LOOPS. ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED WIRE HARNESS FROM PYLON TO ENG, RAN ENGINE AT HIGH POWER AND SYSTEM OPS CK'D GOOD.

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