What was found
AIR TURNBACK, DECLARED EMERGENCY APU FIRE ALARM AND LIGHT CAME ON DURING CLIMB PERFORMED CHECKLIST FIRED BOTTLE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD. R & R APU FIRE DETECTOR ELEMENT IAW AMM.
- Difficulty date
- July 22, 2016
- Submitted
- July 26, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N638SW
- Make and model
- Boeing 7373H4
- Aircraft serial
- 27711
- Aircraft time
- 62,484 hours, 49,410 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2612 · Fire Detection
- Part
- Element
- Part number
- 33007507
- Part serial
- 34716B1
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Apu
- 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.