Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
December 29, 2017
Submitted
January 4, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N997NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
33250
Aircraft time
4,309 hours, 1,735 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LAVATORY SMOKE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED DURING CRUISE ALTITUDE, THREE HOURS INTO FLIGHT. STAYED ON FOR THREE SECONDS AND THEN EXTINGUISHED. MASTER CAUTION CAME ON ALONG WITH OVERHEAD ANNUNCIATOR ON FIRST OFFICER`S SIX PACK. FIRST CLASS LAVATORY ANNUNCIATOR ON FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PANEL AND FIRST CLASS LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR CHIME ACTIVATED FOR THE SAME THREE SECONDS. NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE IN THE FIRST CLASS LAVATORY. ACCOMPLISHED A TEST OF THE LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR IAW AMM 26-14-00. TEST PASSED.