Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Boeing 73781Q

Difficulty date
June 17, 2013
Submitted
July 1, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520AM
Make and model
Boeing 73781Q
Aircraft serial
29052
Aircraft time
39,368 hours, 13,952 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
24,185 hours, 10,698 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

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