Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Emb ERJ170100SE

Difficulty date
February 4, 2010
Submitted
February 5, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N863RW
Make and model
Emb ERJ170100SE
Aircraft serial
17000100
Aircraft time
12,946 hours, 7,123 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
4741534
Part serial
0158BS
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
12,946 hours, 7,123 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL370 RECEIVED EICAS MESSAGE "CRG AFT FIRE DET FAIL". FWD CRG FIRE EXT SYS ALREADY ON MEL. QRH REQUIRES LANDING AT NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT, INFORMED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AFTER REQUESTING A LANDING IN STL. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LOW RATE CARGO FIRE BOTTLE.

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