SDR ASMF201309010

Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date: September 4, 2013
Submitted: September 25, 2013
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N961AM
Make and model: Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial: 35306
Aircraft time: 82 hours, 103 cycles
System (JASC): 2612 · Fire Detection
Part: Fire Warning
Condition: False Activation
Location: Aft Cargo
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: N
Precautionary procedure: B, A

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

What was found

DURING CERTIFICATION FLIGHT, ACFT PERFORMED AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO AN AFT CARGO FIRE, ACCOMPLISHED QRH 8.13 PROCEDURE, CONFIRMING THE FAILURE, DECLARED IN EMERGENCY AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. MX PERFORMED A CARGO FIRE EXTINGUISHING OPS TEST IAW AMM 26-23-00, DMC-B787-A-26-23-00-00B-320A-A, NO FAILURES WERE FOUND.

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