Service difficulty report · Detector · Amd FALCON20

Difficulty date
October 16, 2014
Submitted
October 20, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N331DM
Make and model
Amd FALCON20
Aircraft serial
429
Aircraft time
9,486 hours, 6,801 cycles
Part
Detector
Part number
1734301450F
Condition
Loose
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON APPROACH TO HOME BASE THE CREW HAS AN APU FIRE WARNING. THEY RAN THE CHECKLIST & DISCHARGED THE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE. SIMULTANEOUS TO DISCHARGING THE BOTTLE, THE WARNING INDICATOR WENT OUT. POST-FLIGHT, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE. OVERHEAT DETECTOR PN 17343-01-450F WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LOOSE CONTACT IN THE CERAMIC INSULATOR & WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT. NO OTHER DEFECT WAS FOUND IN THE FIRE DETECTION SYS.