SDR WRLA97006

Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
January 26, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N273WA
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48519
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
710129
Condition
Faulted
Location
Nr 1 Eng
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING CRUISE, RECEIVED NR 1 ENG 'FIRE WARNING ALERT'. CREW RETARDED THROTTLE TO FLIGHT IDLE AND ALERT DISCONTINUED. CREW ELECTED TO RETURN. ENGINE WAS CONTINUED TO OPERATE AT FLIGHT IDLE FOR DURATION OF FLT. A/C LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. MX PERSONNEL GROUND RAN ENGINES AT MAX POWER. ALERT WAS DUP ON GROUND. FOUND BOTH A AND B PYLON FIRE LOOPS FAULTING. BOTH FIRE LOOPS WERE REPLACED. ALL PNEUMATIC DUCTS WERE INSPECTED FOR MALFUNCTIONS. SEVERAL CLAMPS WERE RE-TORQUED. PNEUMATIC 'DECAY CHECK' WAS PERFORMED AND SUCCESSFULLY PASSED. ENGINE WAS AGAIN GROUND RUN WITH NO FAULT INDICATION. A/C WAS TEST FLOWN. NO FAULTS NOTED. A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERV. (M)

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