Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 777223

Difficulty date
February 2, 2018
Submitted
February 7, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N757AN
Make and model
Boeing 777223
Aircraft serial
32636
Aircraft time
64,400 hours, 8,117 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
21198356
Condition
Malfunctioned
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

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. FLIGHT HAD AFT CARGO FIRE INDICATION, BLEW THE FIRE BOTTLES THEN CALLED DISPATCH AND ADVISED THEY WERE DIVERTING TO BDA. EMERGENCY DECLARED, FLIGHT LANDED OVERWEIGHT AND WITHOUT INCIDENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED AFT CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR PER AMM 26-16-04.