Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Boeing 73725A

Difficulty date
February 3, 2002
Submitted
February 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N239TA
Make and model
Boeing 73725A
Aircraft serial
23789
Aircraft time
36,763 hours, 23,081 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
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

PRIOR TO PUSH BACK, APU SHUT DOWN, LATER THE APU FIRE WARNING AND BELL ILLUMINATED. PERFORMED APU FIRE CHECK LIST PROCEDURES PULLED AND ROTATED HANDLE. PERFORMED AN APU FIRE INSPECTION AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. PLACED THE APU, APU FIRE DETECTION AND THE APU SQUIB LIGHT ON MEL, DEACTIVATING THESE SYSTEMS. OPERATED APU FIRE TEST IN OVERHEAT AND FIRE MODS NUMEROUS TIMES. APU AND FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM OPERATES NORMAL.

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