Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 21, 2021
Submitted
December 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N628FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48447
Aircraft time
111,622 hours, 23,127 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu Fire Warning
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, B, A

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

What was found

APU FIRE LEVEL 3 ALERT, MASTER WARNING ILLUMINATED, APU FIRE AURAL WARNING SOUNDED AND APU FIRE INDICATION IN APU FIRE HANDLE ILLUMINATED NEAR RZC AT FL350 CRUISING AT .85M. CONFIRMED INDICATIONS WITH F/O AND PERFORMED PHASE 1 BY PULLING AND ROTATING APU FIRE HANDLE TO DISCHARGE AGENT. WHEN INDICATIONS DID NOT SUBSIDE, CONFIRMED & ROTATED HANDLE TO DISCHARGE SECOND AGENT REMOVED APU GROUND FIRE CONTROL PANEL IAW MM 26-21-10-4. NO DEFECTS OR CORROSION FOUND. ENTIRE PANEL & WIRES FOUND CONTAMINATED WITH FLUID. CLEANED PANEL IAW SWPM 20-00-09. REINSTALLED PANEL IAW MM 26-21-10-4.

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