What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS DISCHARGE LIGHT CAME ON IN OVERHEAD APU FIRE PANEL ABOUT 2 HOURS INTO FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED APU FIREBOTTLE AND SQUIB ASSEMBLY IAW AMM 26-22-41-400-101, SYS CHEKS OK.
- Difficulty date
- August 6, 2019
- Submitted
- August 8, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N187US
- Make and model
- Airbus A321211
- Aircraft serial
- 1704
- Aircraft time
- 58,893 hours, 22,144 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2621 · Fire Bottle, Fixed
- Part
- Fire Bottle
- Part number
- 336000053
- Part serial
- C2603D1
- Condition
- Discharged
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Stage of operation
- CR
- 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.