Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
June 8, 2008
Submitted
July 16, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N622CS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800124
Engine
Pwc PW306C
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, BAGGAGE SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW FOLLOWED AFM PROCEDURES, FIRED BAGGAGE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINT NOTICED BAGGAGE CONTAINING CAKE MIX HAD BURST OPEN AND THE POWDER MIX WAS SCATTERED ABOUT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. (SMOKE DETECTORS WERE COVERED WITH THIS CAKE MIX POWDER CAUSING SMOKE WARNING). FIRE BOTTLES REPLACED, SENSORS CLEANED AND AC RETURNED TO SERVICE. SMOKE DETECTION SYS WORKING PROPERLY, NO DEFECTIVE PARTS. (K)