Service difficulty report · Fire Warning · Boeing 74747UF

Difficulty date
April 19, 2009
Submitted
April 21, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498MC
Make and model
Boeing 74747UF
Aircraft serial
29259
Aircraft time
42,930 hours, 6,532 cycles
Part
Fire Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

IN FLIGHT AT FL330 APPROX 2:20 WITH THE APU SWITCH OFF AND THE APU SHUTDOWN, AN INTERMITTENT FIRE APU WARNING OCCURRED BRIEFLY AND THEN CLEARED ITSELF. THE APU HANDLE WAS PULLED AS PRECAUTION PER THE AMM. CHECKED CMC AND FOUND CMC MESSAGE INTERMITTENT. CHECKED APU COMPARTMENT FOR EVIDENCE OF FIRE, NONE FOUND. RESEATED APU AFLOTS CARD; ACCOMPLISHED APU FIRE WARNING TEST PER MM 26-11-00 AND APU OPS CHECK PER MM 49-11-00. BOTH OPS CHECKED NORMAL.

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