Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
May 2, 2013
Submitted
May 7, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N718QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
136
Aircraft time
5,389 hours, 3,339 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

APU FIRE MESSAGE AND BELL CAME ON AFTER STARTING NR 2 ENGINE. NO FIRE OR ABNORMAL TEMPERATURE. TRIED POWERING DOWN EVERYTHING AND RESET BUT FIRE MESSAGE AND BELL STILL ON WHEN POWER WAS ON. POWERED ACFT AND CHECKED EICAS. NO MESSAGE. CHECKED APU SENSING ELEMENTS AND FOUND A PORTION OF THE SENSING ELEMENT SLIGHTLY TOUCHING THE AIRFRAME. REPOSITIONED SENSING ELEMENT AND PERFORMED APU FIRE DETECT OPS TEST. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 26-10-25. PERFORMED 2 ENGINE STARTS WITH APU POWER. NO CAS MESSAGES. OPS CHECKED GOOD.