Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
March 1, 2006
Submitted
March 9, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N271
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48518
Engine
Pwa PW4462
Part
Fire Loop
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KWI, ENGINE-2 FIRE DETECTOR FAIL ALERT INTERMITTENTLY APPEARED ON THE SD. (NOTE SYSTEM 2-B FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY ON MEL). FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWED PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO KWI. EXPECTED FIX: REPLACE DEFECTIVE FIRE DETECTION LOOPS AND HARNESSES.

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