Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
November 15, 2009
Submitted
November 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N258JQ
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145768
Aircraft time
15,575 hours, 13,439 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
18,397 hours, 15,748 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359713
Part serial
0057
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
7,472 hours, 6,320 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE THE CREW RECEIVED A BAGGAGE SMOKE MESSAGE AND THE BAGGAGE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CREW DISCHARGED THE BAGGAGE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS PER THE QRH. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO IAD AND THE MESSAGE AND LIGHT CLEARED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE MESSAGE AND LIGHT APPEARED AGAIN AFTER INSPECTION ON THE GROUND WITH NO INDICATIONS OF FIRE OR SMOKE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT AND FOUND NO SIGNS OF SMOKE OR FIRE. THE SYSTEM WAS T/S PER 145 FIM 26-15-00-810-805A AND PERFORMED MULTIPLE OPS CHECKS OF THE BAGGAGE SMOKE SYSTEM WITH NO FAULTS FOUND. AS A PRECAUTION BOTH THE NR 1 AND NR 2 BAGGAGE SMOKE DETECTORS, THE NR 2 DAU, AND BOTH BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE REPLACED. BAGGAGE SMOKE DETECTOR NR 2: P/N: 473597-13, S/N: 2670, TSN: 14770, CSN: 12737, MANUFACTURER: C AEROSPACE. DAU NR 2: P/N: 7013348-948, S/N: 01024091, TSN: 1171, CSN: 1025, MANUFACTURER: HONEYWELL

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