Service difficulty report · Smoke Warning · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
August 22, 2020
Submitted
August 25, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48554
Aircraft time
89,573 hours, 18,888 cycles
Part
Smoke Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT FLT 360, RECEIVED CABIN SMOKE LEVEL 3 ALERT. ALERT WAS INTERMITTENT ON AND OFF. WE ELECTED TO DIVERTED, ALERT WENT OUT DURING DESCENT. CREW REPORTED THERE WAS NO SMOKE PRESENT, ONLY INTERMITTENT INDICATION ON OVERHEAD PANEL AND EAD. PERFORMED SMOKE DETECTOR ADJUSTMENT TEST IAW AMM 26-14-01-5, NO FAULTS FOUND. PERFORMED THE MISCELLANEOUS SYSTEMS CONTROLLER ADJUSTMENT AND TEST IAW AMM 31-42-01-5, NO HISTORY, NO CURRENT FAULTS AND RTS WAS GOOD.

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