Service difficulty report · Fire Bottle · Airbus A321271N

Difficulty date
December 2, 2022
Submitted
December 21, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N2105J
Make and model
Airbus A321271N
Aircraft serial
10101
Aircraft time
5,471 hours, 1,056 cycles
Part
Fire Bottle
Part number
336000053
Part serial
D1167D1
Condition
Discharged
Location
11wf
Part time
5,486 hours, 1,059 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FLT#187, BOS-LAX. (ETOPS) 'ON PREFLIGHT INSP - APU DISCHARGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ( APU AGENT DISCH LIGHT - APU NOT USED ); SLAVED IN ENG/APU FIRE PANEL IAW TSM 26-22-00, NO HELP. CHANGED RELAY46LP ALSO IAW WITH THE SAME TSM, BUT NO HELP. SUSPECTED FIRE BOTTLE PRESSURE SWITCH & WHILE SWAPPING PARTS FOUND AN EXPENDED CARTRIDGE AND BOTTLE DISCHARGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU FIRE BOTTLE IAW AMM 26-22-41. THE OPS CHECK IS GOOD. MX-4 UPDATED. PLACARD REMOVED.'

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