Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
February 2, 2011
Submitted
February 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N482UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1584
Aircraft time
30,259 hours, 13,496 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED AT APPROX 1 MIN AFTER APU NORMAL SHUTDOWN, APU FIRE WARNING INDICATED, BOTTLE DISCHARGED. PERFORMED VISUAL INSP OF APU COMPARTMENT AND TAIL PIPE, NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. PERFORMED FADEC SELF TEST AND APU TEST BOTH OK. CLASS 3 FAULT EMERGENCY STOP FAULT RELAY 6WF, ALSO FAILED ON TEST. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN CIRCUIT TWICE USING SWITCH ON 108VU AND FIRE HANDLE, TEST OK IAW MM. APU STARTED & SHUTDOWN NORMALLY. REPLACED FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE AND FIRE CARTRIDGE MM. REPLACED FIN 6WF FIRE EMER STOP RELAY 2. PERFORMED TEST OF APU FIRE-EXTINGUISHING LOOP-SQUIB IAW MM. RAN APU NO FAULTS. TEST PASSED.

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