Service difficulty report · Coupling · Boeing 737242C

Difficulty date
July 6, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 737242C
Aircraft time
78,405 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Coupling
Part number
17952872M
Condition
Broken
Location
Combust.Liner
Component
Apu · Garrtt · 3A042A114
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER LANDING AND TAXIING AIRCRAFT, APU WAS STARTED & FIRE HANDLE ILLUMINATED & AUDIBLE WAS HEARD. CREW PULLED APU FIRE HANDLE & EMPTY THE APU FIRE BOTTLE. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE COUPLING FOR THE COMBUSTION LINER BROKE. COUPLING WAS REPLACED. FIRE BOTTLE WAS REPLACED. NO FURTHER PROBLEMS ON SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS.