Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 7272A1

Difficulty date
August 4, 2004
Submitted
August 5, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287SC
Make and model
Boeing 7272A1
Aircraft serial
21345
Aircraft time
53,022 hours, 37,740 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D*
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
100064901
Part serial
8297
Condition
Defective
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
5,520 hours, 3,452 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

FLT 707 FROM KPHX TO KMCI. DURING CRUISE, THE LOWER AFT CARGO FIRE WARNING CAME ON. FOLLOW ALL CCIA AOM ABNORMAL PROCEDURES, CONTACTED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO KGCK AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN INSPECTED AND DEFERRED THE AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT FIRE DETECTION UNDER MEL 26-19. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. CLEARED MEL 26-19 BY REPLACING THE LOWER AFT CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR IAW SECURAPLANE ST3000 MANUAL WITH NO MALFUNCTION FOUND. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

More about the Boeing 727-2A1