Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 6, 2011
Submitted
May 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N988DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53339
Aircraft time
50,258 hours, 36,715 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
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

ON SHORT FINAL CREW GOT A MID CARGO SMOKE WARNING ALONG WITH FIRE BELL WARNING. ALL THREE LAV SMOKE DETECTORS WERE ALSO GOING OFF. CREW FOLLOWED QRH FOR CARGO FIRE BLEW FIRE BOTTLES IN CARGO AND DECLARED EMERGENCY INTO ATL. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND FIRE TRUCKS MET THE FLIGHT. ATL MAINTENANCE FOUND BOTH FIRE BOTTLE IN CARGO USED. BOTTLES WERE REPLACED PER AMM. SQUIB TEST WAS GOOD PER AMM. CARGO BIN WAS INSPECTED AND THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF SMOKE OR FIRE. THERE WAS NO SMELL IN CARGO EXCEPT OF FIRE SUPPRESSION BOTTLES. ALL THREE LAV SMOKE DETECTORS WERE REPLACED AND TESTED.

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