Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 7879

Difficulty date
September 16, 2018
Submitted
September 19, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N827AN
Make and model
Boeing 7879
Aircraft serial
40649
Aircraft time
5,537 hours, 573 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

SMOKE DETECTOR AURAL ALERT, SMOKE INDICATION DISAGREES WITH LAVATORY CONDITION AT ABOUT 6 HOURS, 45 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. AFTER 2 MINUTES, NO SMOKE OBSERVED BY FLIGHT ATTENDENT. ACCOMPLISHED A LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTION OPS TEST IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-26-13-00. SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM CHECKED NORMAL. NO FAULTS NOTED.

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