Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Amd FALCON20

Difficulty date
September 23, 2009
Submitted
September 24, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1881Q
Make and model
Amd FALCON20
Aircraft serial
414
Aircraft time
14,974 hours, 13,226 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312B
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
CR
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

ACFT DEPARED, AT ABOUT 1300L FOR A 5 MINUTE REPO FLT (NO PAX), WITH APU RUNNING, SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OFF AT 3000', FIRE WARNING SOUNDED, APU FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, & APU AUTOMATICALLY SHUTDOWN. WARNING LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH & FOLLOWING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, CREW FIRED APU FIRE BOTTLE. FIRE LIGHT STILL DID NOT EXTINGUISH, REQUESTED PRIORITY & FIRE EQUIPMENT. CREW HAD NO OTHER SYSTEMS AFFECTED & EXPERIENCED NO SMOKE OR FUMES. UPON LANDING & CLEARING RUNWAY THEY SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN. UPON INSP OF AFT COMPARTMENT NO SIGN OF FIRE INDICATED. CREW RE-STARTED 1 ENGINE TO TAXI IN, FIRE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. MX PREFORMED A VISUAL INSP OF APU & AFT BAY WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. DETERMINED ACFT TO BE SAFE FOR CONTINUED OPS & PLACE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON MEL. MEL 26-2 CAT "C" APU FIRE WARNING SYS. MEL 26-3 CAT"C" APU FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYS. PLACARDED INSTRUMENT PANEL & INSTRUCTED THAT "APU MAY NOT BE USED".