Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 7373T0

Difficulty date
June 24, 2007
Submitted
June 26, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14342
Make and model
Boeing 7373T0
Aircraft serial
23580
Aircraft time
63,044 hours, 28,430 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Apu Fireloop
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

THE APU FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ACCOMPANIED BY ACTIVATION OF THE FIRE BELL WHILE AT CRUISE ENROUTE FROM SFO TO IAH. THE APU DETECTOR INOP LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE APU FIRE EXTINGUISHING BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO SAT WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE APU AND APU COMPARTMENT WAS INSPECTED AND MAINTENANCE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND BROKEN WIRE TO TAILCONE FIRE LOOP AND LOWER APU FIRE LOOP. WIRE CONNECTORS WERE REPLACED IAW MM 20-62-16. THE M279 AND SHROUD DETECTOR WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. IN ADDITION, THE APU FIRE EXTINGUISHING BOTTLE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 26-22-11. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.