Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
August 16, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14079
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
46927
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
1024003
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cargo Compt
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A, F

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

What was found

THE AFT CARGO FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND SMOKE DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE ENROUTE. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE COMPLIED WITH AND THE LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. BOTH CARGO FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO SJU WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. THE MASTER WARNING CONTROLLER WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE CARGO FIRE BOTTLES WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE AFT CARGO NR 1 SMOKE DETECTOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.

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