Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Airbus A319131

Difficulty date
June 27, 2007
Submitted
November 26, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N842UA
Make and model
Airbus A319131
Aircraft serial
1569
Aircraft time
20,833 hours, 8,169 cycles
Engine
Iae V2522A5
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
NR
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

APU FIRE DISCHARGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. REPLACED APU FIRE BOTTLE AND CLEANED APU COMPARTMENT. NO FURTHER REPEATS SINCE THE ORIGINAL. UNKNOWN AS WHAT CAUSED THE BOTTLE TO FIRE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

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