Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
August 16, 2008
Submitted
October 1, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N440AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49459
Aircraft time
62,272 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
301840103
Condition
Defective
Location
Cargo Bay
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

STL INFLIGHT T720/16AUG DFW TO LGA. CREW REPORTED AFT CARGO FIRE LIGHT ON ANNUNCIATOR. MASTER WARNING ON 1 TO 2 SECONDS THEN EXTINGUISHED. LANDED STL AS PRECAUTIONARY WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED CARGO FIRE MX UNIT AND AFT CARGO SMOKE DETECTORS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPS.

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