Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
January 27, 2010
Submitted
January 29, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N364PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
524
Aircraft time
24,533 hours, 34,178 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
CL
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

CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. RETURNED TO FIELD, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDED WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. MEL'ED NR 2 SMOKE DETECTOR. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CONNECTOR ON NR 2 SMOKE DETECTOR WAS DIRTY. CLEANED CONNECTOR AND OPS CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY.