Service difficulty report · Annunciator · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 26, 2017
Submitted
February 28, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N959DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49978
Aircraft time
69,606 hours, 52,147 cycles
Part
Annunciator
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, N
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

AFTER ARRIVAL AND BLOCK IN AT GATE, CREW REPORTED SMOKE FROM THE EOAP, MULTIPLE CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIPPED, AND APU FIRE WARNING. APU WAS SHUTDOWN AND FIRE BOTTLES DISCHARGED. APU FIRE WARNING WAS FALSE INDICATION, SUSPECTED TO BE RELATED TO EOAP ISSUE. THE EOAP WAS REPLACED. REPLACED CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR CONTROL PANEL. REPLACED CARGO FIRE CONTROL MODULE. REPLACED BOTH FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES AND APU FIRE BOTTLE FLEX LINES DUE TO LEAKAGE.

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