Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 19, 2016
Submitted
January 11, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N610FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48603
Aircraft time
75,720 hours, 18,094 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
80380303
Part serial
723
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fire Detection
Part time
25,797 hours, 6,648 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING VECTORS FOR APPROACH DESCENDING THROUGHOUT ABOUT 4500' MSL NOTICED A RED LIGHT IN THE APU FIRE HANDLE. NO WARNING BELL OR TRITONE. EXECUTED THE PHASE ONCE. GOT A NR 2 A NR 2 AGT 2 LOW CONFIRMATION. FIRE LIGHT WENT OUT. EMERGENCY DECLARED, CRASH/FIRE INSPECTED THE TAIL/APU AREA AND CONFIRMED NO FIRE. VISUALLY INSPECTED APU FIRE DETECTOR SENSORS NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. REPLACED APU FIRE DETECTOR CONTROL UNIT, ALSO REPLACED APU FIRE SHUT DOWN RELAY R2-5095.

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