Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 12, 2017
Submitted
March 17, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N924DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49711
Aircraft time
73,175 hours, 55,261 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
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

THE RED AFT CARGO BIN FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED BRIEFLY, EXTINGUISHED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, AND THEN CAME BACK ON AND STAYED ON. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AFT CARGO BIN AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE. MAINTENANCE DID FIND LUGGAGE WEDGED AGAINST SMOKE DETECTOR NR 2. AS A PRECAUTION SMOKE DETECTOR NUMBER 2 AND THE OVERHEAD CARGO SMOKE CONTROL PANEL WERE BOTH REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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