Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 23, 2009
Submitted
April 24, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N615FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48767
Aircraft time
46,621 hours, 10,270 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON TAXI INTO CAN TX RAMP, HAD CARGO FIRE LWR FWD LEVEL 3 ALERT. COMPLIED QRH CALLED FIRE DEPT, ASKED FOR FX MECHANIC TO INSPECT EXTERIOR AIRCRAFT, NO FIRE ACTUALLY OBSERVED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LOWER CARGO NR 1 FIRE BOTTLE AS PER AMM 26-22-01-4, AND ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED TWO DISCHARGE CARTRIDGES AS PER AMM 26-22-04-801. PERFORMED THE OPS TEST OF THE LOWER CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR IAW AMM26-14-01-5, FOUND NORMAL. SO REPLACED THE 5 EA DETECTORS OF FWD LOWER CARGO (JUST REQUIRED IN THE TSI 26-12/4016) IAW AMM 26-14-01-4, AND PERFORMED THE OPS TEST IAW AMM26-14-01-5, FOUND NORMAL.

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