Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Boeing 747409

Difficulty date
August 8, 2012
Submitted
August 16, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N18203
Make and model
Boeing 747409
Aircraft serial
28711
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
A83080047
Part serial
5076EL5080EL
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 500
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(B-18203) PRE FLIGHT CHECK AMBER MESSAGE APPEAR FIRE BTL B LOWER LT ENG. CK CMC MSG 26039 ENG BTL LT-B LOW PRESSURE, AND TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND ENG BTL LT-B IS EMPTY. PFM WIRING CK COND NORMAL, REPLACE ENG BTL LEFT B IAW AMM 26-21-03. PFM SQUIB TEST NORMAL. THE DISC OF FILL AND SAFETY FITTING PORT OF ALL THESE 3 FIRE BTLS (SN: 5076EL, 5080EL & 5072EL) ARE RUPTURED. BURST RANGE OF FILL-AND-SAFETY FITTING DISC IS 143. (290). CAL CHECKED THE PNEUMATIC SYS IN THE LT WING BY APU & ENGINE BLEED BUT NO BLEED LEAKING WAS FOUND. THERE ARE 2 EA ENG FIRE BTL (A&B) LOCATED SIDE BY SIDE IN LT WING L/E COMPARTMENT, BUT ONLY BTL B WAS DISCHARGED FROM RUPTURED FILL AND SAFETY FITTING PORT. PERFORMED TEMPERATURE MEASURE ON BOTH LT & RT WING L/E COMPARTMENT. THE HIGHEST TEMP OF LT WING L/E COMPARTMENT WAS 59.6. COMPARE WITH RT WING WITHOUT BIB DIFFERENCE. CAL IMPORTED 4 BTL (SN: 5076EL, 5080EL, 5072EL & 12442EL) AT THE SAME TIME & REJECTED SN:12442EL DUE THE LEAKAGE WAS FOUND. SUSPECT THE SAME BATCH NR OF OUR FIRE BOTTLE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING WRONG. A TEMPERATURE STICKER WAS PUT ON ALL FIRE BOTTLES FOR TEMPERATURE RECORD. WE CONFIRMED ALL BOTTLES WERE LESS THAN 70 AFTER THE SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT. AFTER 4TH FIRE BOTTLE REPLACEMENT, THE ACFT HAD BEEN DISPATCHED AND CHECK OPS FUNCTION & CONDITION NORMAL AND NO RELATIVE MSG CAME OUT.