Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
September 21, 2002
Submitted
October 3, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803DE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48474
Aircraft time
48,554 hours, 6,243 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
FTA716
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Crew Rest Module
Stage of operation
CR
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 CRUISE AT FL 380, THE SMOKE ALARM SOUNDED IN THE CREW REST FACILITY WITH ASSOCIATED LAV SMOKE EAD ALERT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE THE ALARM AND ALERTS EXTINGUISHED. PACK NR 1 TEMP WENT TO 50 DEG WHILE 2 AND 3 AT 26 DEF F. CYCLED AIR CONTROLLER AND PACK 1 BACK TO 26 DEG F. ACC-1 NO CURRENT FAULTS. LAST FLT FAULTS RAM AIR DR ACT. ACC-1 RTS PASS. CLEAN AND RESEAT CRM SMOKE DET ELEC CONN. CRM SMOKE DETECTOR TEST PASS PER CRM SUPP M/M. RAN ENG PER PFHB AND PACK 1 TEMP NORMAL. NO ODOR NOTED IN COCKPIT OR CREW REST MODULE.

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