Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Emb EMB110P1

Difficulty date
May 12, 2022
Submitted
May 13, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N119WA
Make and model
Emb EMB110P1
Aircraft serial
110372
Aircraft time
26,989 hours, 39,812 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
302313
Part serial
26299
Condition
False Activation
Location
Center Cabin Cei
Part time
1,186 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE PILOT OBSERVED A CARGO COMPARTMENT SMOKE WARNING LIGHT IN THE COCKPIT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PBG EN ROUTE TO BUF. THE PILOT RETURNED TO PBG AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED. THE PILOT REPORTED AFTER LANDING THAT THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY EVIDENCE OF A FIRE. MAINTENANCE AT PBG WAS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE ON THE GROUND THAT THE WARNING WAS FALSE. A FAULTY SMOKE DETECTOR WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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