Service difficulty report · Plate · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
July 16, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N352US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23555
Engine
Cfmint CFM563B2
Part
Plate
Condition
Missing
Location
Nr 2 Eng Comp
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

MEM - FL1129 - FLT HAD BE RELEASED WITH AN MEL ON THE NR 2 ENG 'A' FIRE WARNING LOOP. EN ROUTE TO IAH, CAPT RECEIVED A FAULT IND ON THE NR 2 ENG 'B' FIRE WARNING LOOP. CAPT AGREED TO DIVERT TO MEM WHERE THE FLT LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. MX CLEANED AND TIGHTENED THE LOOP DETECTORS ON THE NR 2 ENG AND THE SYS CHECKED GOOD. THE A/C WAS THEN RELEASED WITH THE MEL DELETED. ON THE NEXT FLT, DURING CLIMB, THE NR 2 ENG OVERHEAD IND BECAME INTERMITTENT THEN STEADY. THE CREW ACCOMP SPECIAL PROCEDURES AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT MEM AND LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. MX FOUND A PLATE ON TOP OF THE NR 2 ENG COMPRESSOR SECTION MISING. REPLACED SAME.