# SDR AALA201804179018

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 12, 2018
- Submitted: April 17, 2018
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N969NN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N969NN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 31215
- Aircraft time: 10,115 hours, 3,731 cycles
- System (JASC): [2611 · Smoke Detection](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2611)
- Part: Smoke Detector
- Condition: False Activation
- Location: Lavatory
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: N
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201804179018

## Discrepancy

LAVATORY SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORT NO SMOKE IN RIGHT AFT LAVATORY OR ANY INDICATION THAT A PAX HAD SMOKED. WATER HEATER WAS FAR HOTTER THEN THE LEFT AFT LAVATORY. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TURNED OFF THE RIGHT AFT WATER HEATER. INSPECTED LAVATORY WATER HEATER PER AMM 38-13-01. ALSO REPLACED R4 SMOKE DETECTOR PER 26-14-01. TEST OK. OK FOR SERVICE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.

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