Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Boeing 747412

Difficulty date
September 20, 2021
Submitted
September 27, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N729CA
Make and model
Boeing 747412
Aircraft serial
25068
Aircraft time
86,832 hours, 15,063 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
3450490141
Part serial
31279F1
Condition
Discharged
Location
Zone 300
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

DURING TAXI - AIRCRAFT BLOCKING IN, THE APU FIRE WARNING CAME ON. FIRE HANDLE WAS PULLED BUT BOTTLE NOT DISCHARGED. POST EVENT INSPECTION FOUND NO INDICATION OF A FIRE HAVING OCCURRED IN APU COMPARTMENT. ALSO DISCOVERED THAT APU FIRE BOTTLE HAD BEEN DISCHARGED "AUTOMATICALLY". SYSTEM WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DEFERRED. ON 09/23/2021, THE APU FIRE BOTTLE AND SQUIB WERE REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS NOTED.