Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
February 1, 2016
Submitted
February 3, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N590AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53253
Aircraft time
75,502 hours, 33,470 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
AAP3690
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A, P
Precautionary procedure
F

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What was found

EMERGENCY LANDING DECLARED. ACCOUNT RT AFT LAVATORY PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER WAS ON FIRE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT PUT OUT FIRE WITH HALON BOTTLE. THE SMOKE DETECTOR DID NOT OPERATE. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. REMOVED RT LAVATORY PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER DOOR & INSPECTED PAPER TOWEL COMPARTMENT FOR DAMAGE, NO DEFECTS NOTED. REPLACED DISPENSER DOOR, AFT LT CABIN HALON PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLE & RT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR. THE ACFT WAS GNDED.

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