Service difficulty report · Fireloop · Boeing 7373T0

Difficulty date
August 15, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N47332
Make and model
Boeing 7373T0
Aircraft serial
23570
Part
Fireloop
Condition
Shorted
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A, F

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

What was found

THE APU FIRE DETECT LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE ON CLIMBOUT OF EWR. THE APU FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. THE APU FIRE LIGHT CAME BACK ON ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER. THE AIRCARFT WAS RETURNED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE APU WAS INSPECTED AND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS FOUND. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE LOWER APU LOOP SHORTING TO CASE GROUND. THE LOWER APU FIRELOOP WAS REPLACED. OPERATION CHECKED GOOD. IN ADDITION, THE FIRE DETECTION MODULE AND ENGINE AND APU ASSEMBLY MODULE WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE APU FIRE BOTTLE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 26-22-11.