Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Boeing 737832

Difficulty date
August 2, 2006
Submitted
August 8, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3743H
Make and model
Boeing 737832
Aircraft serial
30836
Aircraft time
17,371 hours, 7,446 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM567B24
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APU FIRE HANDLE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT CRUISE WITH NO AUDIBLE BELL WARNING. APU FIRE SWITCH PULLED AND ROTATED. FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. APU WAS NOT RUNNING. REPLACED APU AND ENG FIRE CONTROL UNIT, CHECKS OK. REMOVED AND REPLACED FIRE BOTTLE PER MM VERIFIED DISCHARGE NOZZLE FREE FROM OBSTRUCTION, VERIFIED RESISTANCE LESS THAN .0025 OHMS SQUIB TEST GOOD.