Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Boeing 767336

Difficulty date
December 26, 2017
Submitted
December 29, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N796JM
Make and model
Boeing 767336
Aircraft serial
24339
Aircraft time
66,725 hours, 29,517 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
898870
Part serial
23498EL
Condition
Discharged
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

EICAS MESSAGE FOR THE APU BOTTLE ILLUMINATED. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE APU FIRE BOTTLE HAD BEEN DISCHARGED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU FIRE BOTTLE IAW AMM. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE