Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 12, 2016
Submitted
February 17, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35689
Aircraft time
30,126 hours, 9,284 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU DETECTOR INOPERATIVE, ILLUMINATED INFLIGHT PRIOR TO EEP. ACFT GROUNDED. INSPECTED APU FIRE LOOP AREA. CLEANED DISCONNECTS D40060J AND D40062J. NO DEFECTS NOTED. REMOVED AND CLEANED SURFACE CORROSION FROM FIRE LOOP TERMINAL LUGS M1925, M1755, AND M1756. RE-INSTALLED SAME. INSPECTED AND EXERCISED P28 FIRE CONTROL PANEL T-HANDLE NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED LOOP RESISTANCE TEST. CHECKS OK. ACCOMPLISHED FIRE DETECTION CONTROL MODULE BITE. NO FAULTS FOUND. OPS RUN OF APU. NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE. ACFT REQUIRED FVR TO BE ACCOMPLISHED FIRST 60 MINUTES ETOPS REVENUE FLIGHT. FLIGHT CREW TO MONITOR APU AND FIRE WARNING FOR NORMAL INDICATION. RELAMPED APU DETECTOR INOPERATIVE, LIGHT TESTS OK. FVR FAILED.