Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
June 4, 2020
Submitted
June 5, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31214
Aircraft time
17,127 hours, 6,579 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

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. RIGHT AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED IN FLIGHT, BUT WHEN FLIGHT ATTENDANT OPENED DOOR, NO SMOKE OR FIRE OBSERVED. ACCOMPLISHED OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE RIGHT AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR WITH NO FAULTS NOTED.