Service difficulty report · Door · Emb EMB145XR

Difficulty date
December 7, 2012
Submitted
December 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N12167
Make and model
Emb EMB145XR
Aircraft serial
14500834
Aircraft time
18,441 hours, 11,102 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Broken
Location
Test Switch
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED A BAGGAGE SMOKE EICAS MESSAGE (NO SMOKE NOTICED) WITH ASSOCIATED BAGGAGE EXT INDICATION LIGHT ON OVERHEAD PANEL STAYING ON. DURING INSPECTION OF ACFT THE MX PANEL DOOR WAS FOUND BROKEN AND THE PILOTS PERFORMANCE MANUAL WAS IMPACTING THE SMOKE SYS TEST TOGGLE SWITCH. MX ADJUSTED DOOR AND REMOVED PILOTS MANUAL FROM AREA AND PERFORMED A SUCCESSFUL OPS CHECK OF THE BAGGAGE SMOKE DETECTION SYS. ACFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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