Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
August 29, 2007
Submitted
September 5, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N198DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
28455
Aircraft time
46,728 hours, 7,009 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O, HAD 3 SMOKE DETECTORS GO OFF HAD HAZE AND ODOR IN CABIN. RETURNING TO BHM FOR REPAIRS. RAN RT ENGINE AT IDLE FOR 20 MIN, THEN TO T/O POWER. NO SIGN SMOKE OR HAZE. RAN LT ENG TO T/O WITH NO SIGN OF SMOKE ALSO INST LT/RT ISOL VLV FOR SIGN OF OIL. NTF INSP RT ENG PRV FOR OIL. NTF.