Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 18, 2013
Submitted
November 21, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N569AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35184
Aircraft time
25,581 hours, 8,073 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
215645
Condition
Dirty
Location
Aft Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CARGO FIRE DETECTION TEST FAILED ON AFT A LOOP. ACFT GROUNDED. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. DUE TO HISTORY, PERFORMED AFT CARGO BAY A SYS SMOKE DETECTOR CLEANING, REF. MM26-16-01-100-801. PERFORMED ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM GROUND VERIFICATION, CARGO BAY SMOKE DETECTION OPERATIONAL TEST, REF. MM26-16-00-710-801 AND CARGO ELECTRONIC UNIT (CEU) BITE PROCEDURE REF. FIM 26-16, TASK 801. ALL TESTS PASSED.