SDR NOCA07107

Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Boeing 767304

Difficulty date
March 23, 2007
Submitted
October 3, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N769NA
Make and model
Boeing 767304
Aircraft serial
28039
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
3460001222
Part serial
08246F1
Condition
Discharged
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THE APU SHUTDOWN AND THE APU FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGE LIGHT CAME ON. INSPECTED THE APU COMPARTMENT AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF APU FIRE, THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE APU FIRE BOTTLE HAD DISCHARGED. REPLACED APU FIRE BOTTLE, PERFORMED BITE ON THE ECU PER FIM 49-11-00 FIG 103, NO FAULTS. INSPECTED APU COMPARTMENT AND APU EXHAUST, NO DAMAGE OF EVIDENCE OF A FIRE FOUND.