Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
July 11, 2012
Submitted
July 12, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468FE
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
21452
Aircraft time
53,032 hours, 37,758 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D9
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Faulted
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LOWER AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR FAULTS ON THE "B" LOOP. RELEASED FOR SERVICE IAW MEL: 26-19-D, CATEGORY: C EXPIRATION: 21JUL12 "MEL 26-19-D: B LOOP IN THE AFT LOWER CARGO COMPARTMENT - INOP." BITE TEST OF THE AFT CEU FAULTS DETECTOR - "1B". R & R AFT LOWER CARGO COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR 1B IAW MM CH 26-17-011-2. SYS CKS NORMAL. SWAP COMPONENT POSITIONS MPN: 473597-4-07 MSN: 6746 TO POS: 6 MSN: 8088 TO POS: 5. R & R AFT LOWER CARGO COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR 1B IAW MM CH 26-17-011-2. SYS CKS NORMAL. FINAL CLOSED.