SDR GAIA9634

Service difficulty report · Smoke Det · Boeing 727251

Difficulty date
November 21, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N279US
Make and model
Boeing 727251
Aircraft serial
21158
Part
Smoke Det
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cargo Compt
Stage of operation
CR
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

FLT 711 - SJC-TOL - DURING CRUISE, IN LAST HOUR OF FLT CARGO COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR ILLUMINATED. VISUALL VERIFIED NO SMOKE PRESENT IN CARGO. AGAIN DURING DESCENT, SMOKE DETECTOR ILLUMINATED. AGAIN VERIFIED VISUALL NO SMOKE. MX COULD NOT DUPLICATE INDICATION, SMOKE DETECTOR SYSTEM CHECKED PER MM 26-31. AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR FLIGHT. MX DID NOTE INDICATIONS OF HIGH HUMIDITY IN CARGO ON AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL. SUBMITTER STATES, IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE FALSE SMOKE INDICATION WS CAUSED BY FOGGING OF THE INDICATOR LENSES. (M)