Service difficulty report · Terminal · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 12, 2019
Submitted
December 13, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N614FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48528
Aircraft time
83,443 hours, 20,693 cycles
Part
Terminal
Condition
Damaged
Location
Light
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APPROX 20 MIN AT CRUISE, FL 360, APU FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH TRI-TONE ALERT FIRE BELL. APU WAS NOT OPERATING. PULLED APU FIRE HANDLE & ROTATED. PER QRH, WAITED 30 SECS, TRI-TONE ALERT CAME BACK ON & FIRE HANDLE REMAINED ILLUMINATED. MANIPULATING WIRES ON BACK OF LIGHT CAUSES LIGHT TO GO ON AND OFF, SUSPECT BAD TERMINAL RINGS AND LIGHT ASSY. FOUND LOOSE RING TERMINAL AND JUMPER WIRE CRACKED, ALSO LIGHT ASSY. LOOKS DAMAGED. REPLACED BAD RING TERMINALS, REPAIRED JUMPER WIRE, AND REMOVED AND REPLACED LIGHT ASSY. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF ENGINE / APU FIRE LOOPS ALL CHECKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. ALL ACCESS PANELS REINSTALLED.

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