Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
September 5, 2015
Submitted
September 9, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N698DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
29911
Aircraft time
54,809 hours, 20,748 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FIRST CLASS LAVATORY SMOKE ALARM SOUNDED DURING APPROACH. HOT WATER HEATER FELT WARM TO TOUCH. A LIGHT SMOKEY HAZE WAS NOTICED IN CEILING AREA WHEN F/A OPENED THE LAVATORY DOOR. PAX E CIG MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN THE LAVATORY, HOWEVER NOT CONFIRMED. CHECKED LAVATORY LIGHTS, WATER HEATER, FLUSH SYSTEM, AND SMOKE DETECTOR. ALL OPERATE NORMAL. VERBAL F/A SUSPECTED PAX SMOKING IN LAV. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.