Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Emb EMB145XR

Difficulty date
December 28, 2017
Submitted
January 5, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N24128
Make and model
Emb EMB145XR
Aircraft serial
145700
Aircraft time
39,641 hours, 24,013 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

APU FIRE EICAS MESSAGE. INSPECTED APU, NO INDICTION OF FIRE. INSPECTED APU FIRE LOOP, NO DEFECT NOTED. PERFORMED FIRE SYSTEM TEST. OPS CHECK GOOD, TEST PASSED. RAN APU FOR 1 HOUR CONTNUOUSLY WITH BOTH PACKS ON. NO DEFECT NOTED.

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