Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Emb EMB135LR

Difficulty date
January 15, 2017
Submitted
January 18, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N252JX
Make and model
Emb EMB135LR
Aircraft serial
145276
Aircraft time
29,496 hours, 25,705 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, A

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

What was found

DUIRNG FLIGHT AFTER LEVEL OFF ALTITUDE FL280, RECEIVED AN EICAS RED WARNING INDICATION FOR CARGO SMOKE. ACCOMPLISHED THE QRH. APPLED THE EXTINGUISHING AGENT AND COMPLETED A VISUAL INSPECTION BY THE F/A WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ABNORMALITY PRESENT. REQUESTED TO DIVERT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. DURING DESCENT, THE EICAS RED WARNING INDICATION EXTINGUISHED. AFTER LANDING, A VISUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFOMRED WITH NO VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF ANY ABNORMALITY PRESENT. ON ARRIVAL, FIRE AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL OPENED THE AFT CARGO DOOR FOR INSPECTION. NO APPARENT FIRE OR SMOKE. TESTED THE SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM WAS NORMAL. NO FAULT FOUND.

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