Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Emb EMB145XR

Difficulty date
January 9, 2009
Submitted
January 11, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14105
Make and model
Emb EMB145XR
Aircraft serial
649
Aircraft time
17,679 hours, 9,371 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
FDS765A2
Part serial
203725
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Part time
17,679 hours, 9,371 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF EWR, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SMELLED FUMES AND SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND LAV. CREW RETURNED TO EWR AND MX RAN BOTH ENGINES AND FOUND TO BE GLYCOL IN THE BLEED SYSTEM. MX R&R THE LAV SMOKE DETECTOR IAW EMB 145XR MM 26-14-01 AND MM 30-21-00. ACFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE.

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