Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Amd FALCON20F5

Difficulty date
May 7, 2009
Submitted
May 11, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1881Q
Make and model
Amd FALCON20F5
Aircraft serial
414
Aircraft time
14,871 hours, 13,132 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312B
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, AT ABOUT 7000 MSL THE ACFT EXPERIENCED AN "APU FIRE INDICATION". CREW FOLLOWED THEIR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECK LIST AND DISCHARGED THE APU FIRE BOTTLE. THE SOLE INDICATION WAS THE LIGHT. THE CREW HAD NO ASSOCIATED SCENTS OR FUME AND NO OTHER SYS SHOWED SIGNS OF BEING AFFECTED. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MX INSPECTED THE APU, AFT BLEED LINES AND SURROUNDING AREA WITH NO EVIDENCE OF BLEED AIR LEAK OR FIRE BEING INDICATED. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED BY MX. THE FOLLOWING APU SYS WERE PLACED ON MEL 26-2 APU FIRE WARNING SYSTEM AND MEL 26-3 APU FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYS. APU WAS PLACARDED "APU MAY NOT TO BE USED". THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED WITHOUT ANY ISSUES OR ADDITIONAL OCCURRENCES.