SDR 96ZZZM1436

Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Boeing 737214

Difficulty date
July 19, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N460AT
Make and model
Boeing 737214
Aircraft serial
20158
Part
Fire Loop
Part number
896768
Condition
Crushed
Location
Apu Exhaust
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A, F

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

What was found

FLT 800 - MCO-OMA - 35 MINS INTO FLT APU FIRE WARNING CAME ON. APU WAS NOT IN USE AT THE TIME. FLT CREW PULLED THR FIRE HANDLE AND DISCHARGED THE FIRE BOTTLE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED INTO GAINSVILLE, FL. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MECHANICS OPENED THE APU ACCESS DOOR AND INSPECTED THE APU COMPART AND TAILPIPE AREA FOR EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR OVERHEAT. NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND. APU AND APU FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM WERE PLACED ON MEL. THE LOOP WAS REPLACED AND FUNCTIONAL CHECK WERE PERFORMED. A CHECK FLT WAS CONDUCTED AND THE APU AND APU FIRE DETECTION SYS PERFORMED NORMAL. APU AND APU FIRE DETECTECTION WERE REMOVED FROM MEL. (M)