Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug DC861

Difficulty date
February 20, 2003
Submitted
February 26, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N29UA
Make and model
Doug DC861
Aircraft serial
46159
Aircraft time
53,303 hours, 27,773 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
100064901
Part serial
4566
Condition
Failed
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON PRE-FLIGHT FOUND FORWARD "A" BELLY LOWER CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR INOPERATIVE. ENTERED ITEM ON DMI 17493 AS PER MEL 2G-10-1-0-1 CAT "B". REMOVED AND REPLACED SMOKE DETECTOR UNITS (SDUS) S/N 4566, 14470 & 13067 AS PER STC ST00746LA-D. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. THIS CLEARS DMI 17493 (FORWARD A BELLY INOP LOWER CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR. SYSTEM CHECK NORMAL IAW STC # ST00746LA-D.

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