What was found
AMERIJET FLIGHT 843 DURING TAXI LOWER CARGO FIRE RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINS ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BLOCKS, THE CHANNEL A LOWER CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- October 18, 2007
- Submitted
- October 18, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N909PG
- Make and model
- Boeing 7272K5
- Aircraft serial
- 21852
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D17
- System (JASC)
- 2611 · Smoke Detection
- Part
- Control Unit
- Part number
- 100012703
- Part serial
- 0567
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Smoke Detector
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- N
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.