Service difficulty report · Warning System · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
July 1, 2019
Submitted
July 5, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N400TG
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0195
Aircraft time
2,343 hours, 2,047 cycles
Part
Warning System
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT SMOKE INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DESCENT INTO KCHS. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY ACTUAL SMOKE OR FIRE. INDICATION ISSUE ONLY. SMOKE DETECTORS TESTED AND FUNCTIONED PROPERLY ON THE GROUND. REPLACING BOTH AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE DUE TO AGE OF SMOKE DETECTORS.

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