Service difficulty report · Connector · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
August 8, 2011
Submitted
August 12, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N830AE
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145615
Aircraft time
21,805 hours, 19,731 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Fire Detector
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING NORMAL APU START AT THE GATE RECEIVED APU FIRE WARNING FOR APROX 6 SECONDS AT 59 PERCENT ROTOR SPEED. APU AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN THEN APU FIRE FAIL EXTINGUISHED SUBSEQUENT RECEIVED APU FUEL LO PRESS AND APU FAIL MESSAGES DID NOT PUSH APU FIRE EXTG BUTTON DUE TO APU FIRE EXTINGUISHED. CLEANED APU FIRE DETECTOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR PERFORMED FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT TEST IAW EMB 140 AMM 26-10-00 NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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