Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
May 16, 2022
Submitted
May 17, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N532LW
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0118
Aircraft time
3,591 hours, 2,762 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359717
Part serial
1092
Condition
Activation Error
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

532LW (CE525B) DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TODAY OVER KBFL WHILE ENROUTE FROM KCRQ TO KCOE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER PART 135 WITH PASSENGERS ONBOARD. UPON RECEIVING A BAGGAGE SMOKE CAS MESSAGE THE PILOTS FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND COMMENCED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT INTO KBFL. UPON ARRIVAL AT KBFL THE FIRE DEPT. NOTED NO INDICATION OF FIRE OR SMOKE SO THE CREW TAXIED TO THE FBO UNDER ESCORT FROM THE FIRE DEPT. OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM WORKED WITH A LOCAL A&P TO EVALUATE THE CAUSE AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A FAULTY INDICATION LIKELY CAUSED BY MOISTURE IN THE AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT.

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