Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 7373G7

Difficulty date
July 21, 2001
Submitted
October 9, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N155AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373G7
Aircraft serial
23777
Aircraft time
47,056 hours, 33,861 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
100064901
Part serial
12053
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
2,119 hours, 1,387 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, A

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

What was found

AIR TURNBACK, AFTER TAKEOFF THE AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT FIRE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH ASSOCIATED AURAL WARNING. THE CREW DISCHARGED THE NR 1 FIRE EXTINGUISHER AFTERWARDS THE FIRE INDICATION WAS STILL PRESENT. THE ACFT WAS 15 MIN OUT AND RETURNED TO PHX LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE FIRE DEPT MET THE ACFT AND DETERMINED THERE WAS NO FIRE OR SMOKE. DUE TO THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THIS INCIDENT THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED NR 1 THRU NR 7 AFT SMOKE DETECTOR UNITS, CENTRAL CONTROL UNIT, DIVERTER VALVE, METERING VALVE AND BOTH FIRE BOTTLES (DUE TO DISCHARGE). TWO SMOKE DETECTOR UNITS HAD BAD SENSORS. SMOKE DETECTOR UNIT - MFG: SECURAPLANE - P/N: 100-0649-01 - S/N 9190, TT 169 - TC 114.

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