Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 737524

Difficulty date
December 11, 2005
Submitted
December 12, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16646
Make and model
Boeing 737524
Aircraft serial
28907
Aircraft time
21,438 hours, 11,460 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
G718505
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Fire Control
Part time
12,355 hours, 6,104 cycles
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

MASTER CAUTION LIGHT & FWD PANEL OVERHEAT/DET LIGHT ILLUMINATED. A-SYS TEST WAS RUN, CHECKED NORMAL. FIVE MINUTES LATER, RED FIRE LIGHT ON CARGO DETECTION SYS ILLUMINATED AND BELL SOUNDED. QRH FOLLOWED AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AFTER SECOND FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. FAULT WAS ISOLATED TO COCKPIT FIRE SUPPRESSION PANEL. THE FIRE SUPRESSION PANEL WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. BOTH CARGO FIRE BOTTLES, METERING VALVE, DIVERTER VALVE, AND LINE FILTERS WERE ALSO REPLACED IAW MM 26-23-10 AND MM 26-26-10. A TEST WAS PERFORMED ON THE FIRE PANEL IAW MM 26-16-10 AND ALL TESTED GOOD. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE CARGO FIRE SYSTEM CHECKED GOOD.