Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
January 7, 2018
Submitted
January 9, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N997NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
33250
Aircraft time
4,393 hours, 1,764 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47456021
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. THE FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED SEVERAL TIMES IN A 3 MINUTE PERIOD. PASSENGER WAS USING LAVATORY AT THE TIME. THERE WAS NO SMOKE OR UNUSUAL ODORS PHYSICALLY DETECTED. REPLACED FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR PER MM 26-14-01. OPERATIONS CHECK NORMAL.