SDR 97ZZZM562

Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Fokker F28MK4000

Difficulty date
March 30, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N477AU
Make and model
Fokker F28MK4000
Aircraft serial
11226
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
893456
Condition
Depleted
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT 654 - CLT-ROA - ON CLIMB-OUT, THE APU FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND BELL SOUNDED. CAPTAIN FIRED ONE BOTTLE. THE LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. FLIGHT RETURNED AND LANDED CLT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FIRE SENSING ELEMENTS AND FIRE BOTTLE. REFERENCE USAAF97034.

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