Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
March 6, 2011
Submitted
March 9, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N226JS
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7895
Aircraft time
16,903 hours, 17,542 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
8978892
Part serial
65135EL
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Fire Protection
Part time
13,561 hours, 14,175 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED APU FIRE MESSAGE, APU BOTTLE LOW AND APU AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN ON TAXI OUT AT DCA. NO VISIBLE SMOKE OR FIRE. MESSAGE EXTINGUISHED. CREW FOLLOWED QRH AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED APU COMPARTMENT AND FOUND NO VISUAL SIGNS OF FIRE OR LEAKS. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED APU FIRE BOTTLE, APU FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGE CARTRIDGE AND FIDEX CONTROL UNIT AND PERFORMED CHECKS USING THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUAL. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE.