Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
February 8, 2016
Submitted
March 3, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N310
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1109
Aircraft time
11,554 hours, 4,643 cycles
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
Loose
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, B, A

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

What was found

EN-ROUTE, AT APPROX 1 HOUR INTO FLIGHT AT A CRUISE LEVEL OF 430, THE CREW HAD AN INDICATION OF A APU FIRE. THE APU WAS NOT RUNNING. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE AFM CHECKLIST & DISCHARGED THE FIRE BOTTLE & THE INDICATION REMAINED. AT THAT TIME THEY DECLARED AN EMER & DIVERTED. ONCE THEY LANDED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MEET THE ACFT & VERIFIED THERE WAS NO FIRE OR EVIDENCE OF A FIR. TECHNICIANS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE ACFT & ALSO VERIFIED THERE WAS NO FIRE. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM, FOUND THAT THE APU INLET FIRE TEMP SENSOR HAD A LOOSE CONNECTION.