Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
September 12, 2010
Submitted
September 13, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N268QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
168
Aircraft time
7,631 hours, 4,836 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
86347001
Part serial
UE00534
Condition
Discharged
Location
Nr 1 Nacelle
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE FIRE BOTTLE INADVERTENTLY DISCHARGED IN FLIGHT. IT`S THE MIDDLE BOTTLE IN THE AFT SERVICE COMPARTMENT. CHECKED CARTRIDGE FIRING CIRCUIT FOR VOLTAGE AND FOUND NONE. REPLACED THE LT FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND ENGINE EXTINGUISHER CARTRIDGES. CONDUCTED TEST OF FIRE SYS. NO DEFECTS NOTED. MX IAW MM 26-205.