Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Dhav DHC8201

Difficulty date
February 27, 2003
Submitted
March 2, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N986HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8201
Aircraft serial
421
Aircraft time
9,050 hours, 9,855 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
PU90461R2
Part serial
19178
Condition
Defective
Location
Lavatory
Part time
9,050 hours, 9,855 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

Lav smoke detector went off shortly after departure. Captian returned to field, no smoke was detected. Lav smoke detector was replaced proir to this flight for same problem. MEL lav smoke detector, generated EO to pull and collar circuit breaker. Smoke detector replaced 1 MARCH 2003.