Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
January 21, 2013
Submitted
January 22, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N624FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48443
Aircraft time
90,170 hours, 16,593 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
4059028902
Part serial
91020242
Condition
Shorted
Location
Fire Warning
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHEN DOING FIRE TEST APU FIRE HANDLE WILL NOT TEST. R & R LAMPS, NO GOOD. NEED NEW PANEL. ORDERED APU AND FIRE TEST PANEL. PART UPDATE. REMOVED APU CONTROL PANEL REF M/M 49-04-01-4. C/B'S PULLED. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING APU CONTROL PANEL, LIGHT ASSY SHORTED AND DISCHARGED NR 1 APU/2ENG FIRE BOTTLE. LOW PRESSURE SWITCH CONNECTOR FOR APU/ NR 2 ENGINE FIRE BOTTLE HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. R & R THE APU CONTROL PANEL IAW THE AMM 49-04-01-4, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.

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