Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
December 6, 2013
Submitted
December 10, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N572RP
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
14500828
Aircraft time
21,511 hours, 18,773 cycles
Engine
Rroyce AE3007A1P
Engine time
22,049 hours, 17,131 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
CL
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

CREW REPORTED THAT THEY RECEIVED A LAVATORY SMOKE MESSAGE ON CLIMB OUT. THE CREW FURTHER REPORTED NO VISIBLE SMOKE. THE SMELL OF DE-ICING FLUID WAS REPORTED AS PRESENT IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE CREW RETURNED TO FIELD & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX RAN THE ENGS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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