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A canadair CL65 on taxi in to gate experienced an APU fire warning requiring fire bottle discharge caused by a false warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 499708 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200101 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mco.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mco.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet CL65, Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17500 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 499708 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 3700 |
| ASRS Report | 500088 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : apu fire warning other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
After landing at mco on runway 35 and clearing at taxiway H3, during taxi the 'APU fire' warning activated. The checklist memory items were executed and fire bottles discharged. Neither ATC, air carrier ramp tower, nor other aircraft reported signs of fire. Maintenance confirmed no fire or smoke upon inspection. The passenger were deplaned normally at the gate.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CANADAIR CL65 ON TAXI IN TO GATE EXPERIENCED AN APU FIRE WARNING REQUIRING FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGE CAUSED BY A FALSE WARNING.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG AT MCO ON RWY 35 AND CLRING AT TXWY H3, DURING TAXI THE 'APU FIRE' WARNING ACTIVATED. THE CHKLIST MEMORY ITEMS WERE EXECUTED AND FIRE BOTTLES DISCHARGED. NEITHER ATC, ACR RAMP TWR, NOR OTHER ACFT RPTED SIGNS OF FIRE. MAINT CONFIRMED NO FIRE OR SMOKE UPON INSPECTION. THE PAX WERE DEPLANED NORMALLY AT THE GATE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.