Service difficulty report · Fire Loop · Boeing 747451

Difficulty date
August 26, 2010
Submitted
September 8, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N105UA
Make and model
Boeing 747451
Aircraft serial
26473
Aircraft time
66,178 hours, 7,908 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Fire Loop
Condition
False Activation
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
NR
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

STATUS MSG- APU FIRE LOOP A AND B. FOUND CMC MSG 26036 AND 26037 INTERMITTENT FAULTS. ACCESSED APU COMPARTMENT & VISUALLY INSPECTED WHICH HAS NO SIGN OF REAL FIRE OCCURRED & HARDWARE DAMAGED. APU CANNOT BE USED DUE TO FIRE BOTTLE HAS BEEN DISCHARGED, REMOVED TERMINALS FROM BOTH T1814 & T1815 DET LOOPS TO PREVENT FALSE WARNING. TERMINALS ISOLATED & SECURED INDIVIDUALLY. SUSPECT UPPER APU SUPPORT LOOP ASSY AT FAULT. 585-4620 LOB'D. FIRE BOTTLE REPLACED ON DF27. SWAPPED APU LOOP A&B FIRE CARD NO HELP. CHECKED WIRE FROM D63P AND D67P TO ALL TERMINAL, GROUND TO WIRES AND WIRES TO WIRES, ALL CHECKED GOOD.