Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 17, 2007
Submitted
May 1, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
45,833 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) ON GOING REPORTS OF LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATION. PROBLEM APPEARS TO HAVE BEGUN ON JANUARY 17, 2007 WITH A PILOT REPORT OF THE NR 2 ENGINE WILL NOT START AFTER (3) ATTEMPTS AND THEN AN OIL LEAK. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ENGINE IGNITERS AND CLEANED THE RESIDUAL OIL. ENGINE WAS THEN STARTED SUCCESSFULLY AND RUN TO TROUBLESHOOT THE OIL LEAK. NO OIL LEAK COULD BE FOUND AND IT WAS SUSPECTED TO BE AS A RESULT OF THE NO START CONDITION. ON JANUARY 18, 2007 LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED ON FINAL APPROACH. FLIGHT ATTENDANT DETECTED ODOR ON GROUND. MAINTENANCE REPLACED DETECTOR (P/N 46-0083-4) AND SYSTEM CHECKED SERVICEABLE. ON NEXT FLIGHT, DETECTOR ACTIVATED AGAIN WITH NO SMOKE OR ODOR. LOW BATTERY (TC N