Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
September 26, 2023
Submitted
September 28, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N437GA
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1437
Aircraft time
7,602 hours, 3,387 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
30100010
Part serial
09143A11
Condition
Discharged
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING APU START AND WHEN APU MASTER SWITCH PUSHED, APU FIRE BOTTLE UNCOMMAND DISCHARGED HAPPENED. VISUAL CHECK PERFORMED, FOUND APU FIRE BOTTLE EMPTY, REFER TO ATL SEQ. #11268. PERFORMED FULL WIRING CHECK IAW WDM 26-21-00 REV. 31 DATED JUL 2011, ALL FOUND SATISFACTORY. APU PLACARDED INOPERATIVE UNDER MEL 26-12-01 CATEGORY C, REFER TO ATL SEQ. #11271. FULL WIRING CHECK ITW WDM 26-21-00 REV. 31 DATED JUL 2011, ALL FOUND SATISFACTORY (ATL SEQ.#11271). REPLACED APU FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGE SWITCH (PRECAUTIONARY) IA W AMM 49-00-00 REV. 34 DATED 04 MAR 2022 (ATL SEQ. #11293). REPLACED APU FIRE BOTTLE IA W AMM 26-02-00 REV. 34 DATED 04 MAR 2022 (ATL SEQ. #11292. APU OPERATIONAL CHECK FOUND SATISFACTORY.