Service difficulty report · Extinguisher · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
September 23, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft time
9,912 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B
Part
Extinguisher
Part number
H110AIR
Condition
Unserviceable
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION ON ACFT, HAPPENED TO REMOVE THE CABIN FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND NOTICED A LOUD RATTLE COMING FROM INSIDE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. ORDERED A NEW ONE AND ONCE I RECEIVED IT, DISASSEMBLED THE OLD ONE AND FOUND THE STANDPIPE INSIDE HAD COME LOSE AND WAS RATTLING AROUND. THIS FIRE EXTINGUISHER HAD APPROXIMATELY 2.5 YEARS IN SERVICE AND ALTHOUGH IT ISN`T TRACKED HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN THE ACFT FOR 1293.1 HOURS. THE GAUGE READ NORMALLY AND IN THE GREEN THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS DEPRESSURIZED BEFORE DISASSEMBLY BUT JUST A JET OF AIR WAS RELEASED NO VISIBLE PARTICLES EXPELLED UNLESS THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS SHOOK WHILE BEING USED.