Service difficulty report · Annunciator · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
April 1, 2011
Submitted
April 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N979HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
373
Aircraft time
31,628 hours, 40,609 cycles
Part
Annunciator
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Smoke Detection
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT 51395 SMOKE MASTER WARNING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY IN FLIGHT FOR APPROX 5 SECOND INTERVALS EACH TIME, THEN EXTINGUISHED. CREW RETURNED TO BASE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. UPON INSP, MX FOUND A PIN PUSHED OUT OF THE BAGGAGE SMOKE DETECTOR CONNECTOR. THE SMOKE DETECTOR WIRING WAS CHECKED FOR DEFECTS AND PIN AND CONNECTOR WERE RESEATED. OPS CHECK WAS GOOD AND NO FALSE WARNING INDICATION, REOCCURANCE WAS REPORTED.