Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
January 12, 2007
Submitted
January 18, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N89427
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21365
Aircraft time
60,825 hours, 39,999 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Fire Dectection
Stage of operation
CL
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 711 FROM DEN TO TOL, AFTER TAKEOFF FROM DEN, AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT INDICATED A FIRE. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEN AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON POST FLIGHT, INSPECTED AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT FOR FIRE OR SMOKE, NO INDICATIONS WERE PRESENT. ITEM WAS PLACED ON DMI AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING, RESET CB'S RAN SYSTEM TESTS OF LOWER CARGO SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM OPS CHECKS GOOD, DMI CLEARED, PLACARDS REMOVED. AS PRECAUTIONARY REMOVED AND REPLACED CENTRAL CONTROL UNIT, OPS CHECK GOOD.