Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 17, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N998DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53370
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Aft Lav
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ON PUSH BACK, AFT LAV COPILOTS SIDE SMOKE ALARM WENT OFF. LIGHT SMOKE CAME INTO MID CABIN. APU HAD BEEN STARTED 11 MIN PRIOR TO PUSH BACK AND PACKS OPERATED 4 TO 5 MIN. BEFORE PUSH BACK PACK TEMP GAUGE AT 90 DEG. RETURNED TO GATE WITH PACKS OFF, HAD PAX DEPLANE. RAN LEFT/RIGHT PKS WITH APU AIR, NO SMOKE NOTICED. REPLACED RT REAR LAV SMOKE DETECTOR RAN PACKS WITH ENGINES RUNNING, NO SMOKE.

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