Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
September 9, 2018
Submitted
September 11, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N884NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
33222
Aircraft time
21,254 hours, 8,437 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
NR
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 LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS IN FLIGHT. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HEARD CHIME AT SAME TIME. THEY SUSPECT AFT LEFT LAVATORY WAS THE SOURCE. A PASSENGER WAS IN THE LAVATORY AT THE TIME. NO SIGN OR EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE IN ANY OF THE LAVATORIES, SAID THE SMOKE DETECTOR AFT LEFT LAVATORY MAY HAVE BEEN TAMPERED WITH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. INSPECTED AND FOUND LAV SMOKE DETECTOR NOT TAMPERED WITH. PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECK IAW AMM 26-14-00. OK FOR SERVICE.