Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Emb EMB145EP

Difficulty date
January 14, 2013
Submitted
January 15, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808HK
Make and model
Emb EMB145EP
Aircraft serial
145157
Aircraft time
29,890 hours, 28,223 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING CLIMBOUT OF BDL AIRCREW GOT AN APU FIRE WARNING EICAS MESSAGE. AIRCREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO BDL WITHOUT AN INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND NO INDICATION OF FIRE. THE APU WAS DEFERRED DUE TO ERRONEOUS FIRE WARNING MESSAGE AND THE APU FIRE WARNING SYSTEM WAS ALSO DEFERRED.

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