Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
November 20, 2007
Submitted
November 26, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N279SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145379
Aircraft time
18,017 hours, 14,764 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
18,432 hours, 13,171 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
14534156401
Part serial
145379
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cockpit
Part time
16,923 hours, 13,837 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

GSP TO LGA - UPON REACHING 10,000 FT DURING DESCENT, THE APU WAS STARTED DUE TO AN MEL'D NR 3 GENERATOR. SHORTLY AFTER STARTING APU, CREW RECEIVED A FIRE WARNING EICAS MESSAGE. AFTER TAKING THE APPROPRIATE ACTION THE APU FIRE INDICATION WENT AWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND WAS INSPECTED BY FIRE CREWS AND MAINTENANCE AND NO TRACES OF FIRE DAMAGE WERE FOUND. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE FAULT TO THE APU FIRE CONTROL OVERHEAD PANEL. THE PANEL WAS REPLACED AND THE APU FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY.

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