Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 30, 2019
Submitted
January 3, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35686
Aircraft time
46,287 hours, 13,833 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Part number
90201401
Condition
Broken
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APU DET INOP ILLUMINATED NUMEROUS TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. GROUNDED - YES. DIVERSION TIME 58 MINUTES - PERFORMED APU FIRE DETECTION BITE TEST REF B737-800 FIM 26-10-TASK 801 NO FAULTS NOTED. PERFORMED GVI OF CONNECTIONS AND OF FIRE LOOPS IN APU COMPARTMENT, NO FAULTS NOTED. PRECAUTIONARY RELAMP OF APU DETECTION LIGHT AS REQUIRED, OPS CHECK GOOD REF B737-900 AMM 26-15-00-710-801 GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL. FOUND BROKEN STUB ON APU DETECTOR ASSY. REMOVED & REPLACED APU DETECTOR ASSY PER AMM 26-15-01, OPS CHECKS NORMAL SUCCESSFUL GROUND VERIFICATION ACCOMPLISHED.