Service difficulty report · Cover · Boeing 7377BC

Difficulty date
September 6, 2009
Submitted
September 9, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N129QS
Make and model
Boeing 7377BC
Aircraft serial
30329
Aircraft time
5,931 hours, 2,132 cycles
Part
Cover
Part number
232750483
Condition
Dislodged
Location
Smoke Detector
Part time
5,931 hours, 2,132 cycles
Component
Smoke Detector
Component part number
10006492
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ON 9/6/2009 DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, CREW NOTICED THE MASTER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW ABORTED THE TAKEOFF BELOW 80 KTS. ONCE CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY THE CREW DETERMINED THE SOURCE OF THE WARNING WAS THE OFFICE AREA SMOKE DETECTOR. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE SMOKE DETECTOR SENSOR HEAD COVER/CAP PN 2-3-275-0483 WAS SLIGHTLY DISLODGED FROM THE SMOKE DETECTOR UNIT PN 100-0649-2 THUS CAUSING THE FALSE WARNING. THE COVER WAS RESET IN ITS NORMAL POSITION AND THE FALSE WARNING CLEARED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED, WITH NO FURTHER ANOMALIES.

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