Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 16, 2022
Submitted
December 16, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N585FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48481
Aircraft time
93,883 hours, 21,827 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Condition
Shorted
Location
Apu Fire Detect
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

DESCENDING THROUGH 15,000 FEET ON ARRIVAL INTO MEMPHIS LEVEL THREE APU FIRE MESSAGE. FOLLOWED QRH, PULLED APU AGENT DISCHARGE HANDLE, DISPENSING BOTH FIRE BOTTLES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHECKLIST. APU FIRE MESSAGE STAYED ON. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC AND SPOKE WITH CFR ON RWY 27 AFTER LANDING. NEVER HAD ANY INDICATION OF SMOKE OR FUMES AND CFR HAD NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE TAILCONE AREA. EMERGENCY DECLARED, FOUND APU FIRE WARNING LIGHTS L2-130 ON APU GROUND CONTROL PANEL SHORTED TO GROUND AND REPLACED L2-130 IAW 26-21-10-4 AND SWPM AND WDM 26-12-01 PAGE 4 SHEET 1. OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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