Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
February 15, 2012
Submitted
February 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N379PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
530
Aircraft time
26,679 hours, 37,244 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
473054
Part serial
0010W
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
3,107 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

WHILE THE ACFT WAS FLYING AT 8,000 FT, THE BAGGAGE SMOKE WARNING LIGHT FLICKERED. AIRCREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND DIVERTED. OUTSTATION MX DEFERRED THE DISCREPENCY TO AN MEL, ACFT WAS FLOWN TO BASE. AFTER ARRIVAL, MX CREW R & R THE NR 1 SMOKE DETECTOR AND THE NR 1 AND NR 2 SMOKE DETECTOR CONNECTOR PLUGS. THEY PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK OF THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED, SYSTEM CHECKED SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RELEASED TO FLIGHT STATUS.