Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
March 19, 2006
Submitted
March 22, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N175AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23634
Aircraft time
64,391 hours, 39,381 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
100064901
Part serial
12207
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
14,208 hours, 8,790 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

ELP - FALSE FIRE WARNING - CREW REPORTED THAT AT GATE WITH THE APU RUNNING RECEIVED AN AFT CARGO FIRE INDICATION. CREW FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES AND EVACUATED AIRCRAFT AT GATE, L2 DOOR SLIDE WAS DEPLOYED AND REMAINING PASSENGERS EVACUATED AIRCRAFT. FIRE BOTTLE WAS DEPLOYED INTO THE AFT CARGO PIT. WAS DETERMINED TO BE A FALSE WARNING. FOUND SMOKE DETECTOR UNIT NR 10 FAULTY. REMOVED AND REPLACED SDU NR 10 AND REPLACED SDU NR 9'S BATTERIES IAW AMERICA WEST AIRLINES TASK CARD R2M26001 AND R2M26002. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN MAINTENANCE FERRIED BACK TO PHX WHERE THE FIRE BOTTLE AND L2 SLIDE WAS REPLACED.

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