Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
February 28, 2017
Submitted
March 1, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N987DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53338
Aircraft time
66,653 hours, 48,083 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
DE
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

DURING DESCENT, BOTH AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS SOUNDED AND THEN STOPPED BY THE TIME THE ACFT WAS ON THE RUNWAY. NO SMOKE OR HAZE WAS SEEN, ENGINE ANTI-ICE WAS IN USE DURING THE DESCENT AND TURNED OFF ON SHORT APPROACH. IAW AMDS CARD 2120-2367 RAN THE LT & RT ENGINES, NO SMOKE IN CABIN, BUT OIL ODOR WAS PRESENT. INSPECTED THE LT & RT COALESCER BAGS, NO OIL PRESENT, BUT HAD AN OIL ODOR. REPLACED THE COALESCER BAGS IAW AMM 21-20. FOUND SLIGHT RESIDUE ON RT ACM OUTLET DUCT. VERIFIED NO ELECTRICAL ODOR PRESENT IN ACFT.. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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