Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
January 24, 2019
Submitted
August 16, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N903AA
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
7566
Aircraft time
5,712 hours, 2,155 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
346000491
Part serial
48385F1
Condition
None
Location
Zone 100 - Fuse
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, O

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

What was found

**SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FOR AALA201901259007 AS REQUESTED BY FAA SDR REJECTION LETTER DATED 7/7/2022** THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. IN FLIGHT BOTH CARGO DISCHARGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO DFW WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE BOTTLES WERE NOT DISCHARGED AND ACCOMPLISHED TSM 26-23-00 WHICH REVEALED FAULT MESSAGE LOW PRESSURE CARGO FIRE BOTTLE 1 ALONG WITH FORWARD AND AFT SQUIB FAULTS. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FORWARD CARGO #1 FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE ASSEMBLY PER AMM 26-23-41. SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED.

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