Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
February 12, 2000
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N12089
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
46550
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
3023117
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
75,507 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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

THE NR 4 FORWARD CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MASTER WARNING LIGHTS AND CARGO FIRE LIGHTS WHILE EN ROUTE FROM CDG TO EWR. THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THEN CAME BACK ON AGAIN. CREW RAN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND DISCHARGED BOTH CARGO FIRE BOTTLES. A/C DIVERTED TO YYT WHERE IT LANDED W/O INCIDENT. MX FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR SMOKE. THE NR 4 SMOKE DETECTOR WAS FOUND AT FAULT. THE NR 4 SMOKE DETECTOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE FIRE BOTTLES WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. ALLCHECKS WERE GOOD.

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