Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
June 17, 2014
Submitted
July 9, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N227QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
127
Aircraft time
11,419 hours, 7,045 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
FR2220
Part serial
FW1135
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
258 hours, 163 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

CLIMBING THROUGH FL330, CARGO BAY FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CANCELED THE HORN & LIGHT, ONLY TO HAVE IT COME BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES. INITIATED A MODIFIED EMERGENCY DESCENT & LIGHT EXTINGUISHED & DID NOT COME ON AGAIN ONCE BELOW FL200. INSPECTED WIRE HARNESS AND CONNECTOR PINS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED INTEGRITY CHECK OF CARGO BAY FIRE DETECTION WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. VERIFIED INTEGRITY FROM PT TEST SWITCH TO CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. COMPLETE LOOP INTEGRITY CHECKED GOOD. REMOVED FAULTY INTERMITTENT SMOKE DETECTOR AND INSTALLED A REPAIRED UNIT IAW AMM 26-00-00. OPS CHECKED GOOD.