Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
August 7, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
40,375 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
302313
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cargo Bay
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

(CAN) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT CARGO COMPARTMENT SMOKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CABIN CREW DID NOT SEE ANY SMOKE, BUT ACFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. MX DID NOT FIND ANY TRACE OR SIGN OF SMOKE IN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. ALL SMOKE DETECTOR WIRING WAS INSPECTED AND BOTH CARGO COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTORS WERE REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION & ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.