Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
September 30, 2009
Submitted
October 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N358PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
506
Aircraft time
25,849 hours, 36,902 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
PU90461R2
Condition
False Activation
Location
Zone 900
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 CRUISE ALT (14,000FT)LAV SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED. ACFT DIVERTED, LANDED AND CLEARED RUNWAY. FIRE DEPARTMENT CHECKED ACFT OUTSIDE AND INSIDE, FOUND NOTHING. MEL'ED SMOKE DETECTOR. SMOKE DETECTOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. NO PROBLEMS NOTED.