Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
January 19, 2011
Submitted
January 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N269SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145293
Aircraft time
25,655 hours, 24,182 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
21,728 hours, 20,418 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359713
Part serial
2380A
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
22,551 hours, 18,477 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 FLIGHT, THE CREW RECEIVED AN EICAS MESSAGE FOR BAGGAGE SMOKE INDICATION AND THE BAGGAGE FIRE BUTTON ON THE OVERHEAD PANEL WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CREW DISCHARGED THE FIRE BOTTLES AND DIVERTED TO CLE, LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. FIRE CREWS MET THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO INDICATIONS OF FIRE OR SMOKE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE FORWARD SMOKE DETECTOR IN THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FORWARD BAGGAGE SMOKE DETECTOR. OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM WERE FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY.

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