# SDR DL73K992714

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 11, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: N309DL
- Make and model: Boeing 737232
- Aircraft serial: 23081
- Engine: Pwa JT8D15A
- System (JASC): [2612 · Fire Detection](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2612)
- Part: Fire Detector
- Part number: 89638305
- Condition: Malfunctioned
- Location: E & E Bay
- Part time: 30,948 hours
- Stage of operation: AP
- Nature of condition: N
- Precautionary procedure: F
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DL73K992714

## Discrepancy

APU FIRE INDICATION AFTER START AT 12,000 FT.  PULLED FIRE HANDLE AND THE LIGHT REMAINED ON.  AFTER FIRING THE BOTTLE THE FIRE HANDLE LIGHT WENT OUT IN ABOUT 2 SEC.  APU HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT 1 MIN WHEN THE FIRE INDICATION CAME ON.  TROUBLESHOOT SYSTEM, NO TROUBLE FOUND.

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