Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Boeing 747271C

Difficulty date
March 12, 2008
Submitted
April 16, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N537MC
Make and model
Boeing 747271C
Aircraft serial
22403
Aircraft time
99,514 hours, 19,545 cycles
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

APU FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND FIRE WARNING BELL ACTIVATED DURING MAIN ENGINE START. ENGINE START TERMINATED, APU SHUT DOWN. FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. INVESTIGATION/INSPECTION OF APU AND COMPARTMENT REVEALED NO FIRE, PNEUMATIC AIR LEAK OR EVIDENCE OF ELECTRICAL ARCING. APU INOP DUE NO FIRE PROTECTION, EXTINGUISHER DISCHARGED AND APU FIRE WARNING DETECTION SYSTEM INOP. DISPATCH NOTIFIED. ITEMS DEFERRED. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION TO ABOVE ITEMS SINCE A/C IS IN SHORT-TERM STORAGE AT ROW.