Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Cndair CL6002C10

Difficulty date
February 19, 2020
Submitted
February 19, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N793SK
Make and model
Cndair CL6002C10
Aircraft serial
10295
Aircraft time
29,335 hours, 17,682 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
DE
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

AFTER LANDING RECEIVED APU FIRE WARNING MSG. RAN QRH, MSG CLEARED. DID NOT HAVE TO BLOW BOTTLE. DURING APPROACH STRONG FUMES SMELLING OF FUEL ENTERED THE CABIN. FLIGHT 5658 FILED CLOSED PLEASE REFERENCE AML 382777 PLEASE REFERENCE AML 382780 PLEASE REFERENCE AML 382781, STARTED AND RAN APU MULTIPLE TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES, CYCLED PACKS MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED , FOUND NO FUEL SMELL IN CABIN, APU OPERATED NORMAL WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED . DURING OPERATIONAL CHECK OF APU , OPENED APU CONTAINMENT DOORS AND PERFORMED BLEED AIR LEAK CHECK , NO BLEED AIR LEAKS PRESENT FROM APU INSIDE CONTAINMENT AREA. FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM TEST NORMAL , APU EGT STABLE, NO HISTORY OF APU FIRE WARNING.REFERENCE FIM, MX FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE , MX FOUND NO SMELL OF FUEL FROM ANY BLEED SOURCE .MX FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF BLEED LEAK OR FUEL LEAK. PLEASE REFERENCE EAML 382795,382792,382788,382781,382780,AND 382777 FOR ADDITIONAL FORWARD DISCREPANCIES.