Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug C118A

Difficulty date
January 8, 2014
Submitted
January 10, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N351CE
Make and model
Doug C118A
Aircraft serial
44599
Aircraft time
36,798 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Propeller
Hamstd 43E60
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Smoke Detector
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED IN FLIGHT. VISUAL INSPECTION OF CARGO COMPARTMENT SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE. ZONE NR 2 WOULD NOT TEST. REPAIRED CHAFFED WIRES AT NR 1 & NR 3 SMOKE DETECTOR. RELAMPED TEST LIGHT ON NR 2 SMOKE DETECTOR IAW DC6 MM 28-5-5 OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.

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