Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
July 4, 2012
Submitted
July 9, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N365PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
526
Aircraft time
29,116 hours, 40,621 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
302313
Part serial
0711
Condition
Defective
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
2,458 hours, 3,189 cycles
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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, CARGO SMOKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN THE COCKPIT. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO FIELD. MX CREW INSPECTED CARGO BAY AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE. THEY TESTED THE SYS AND NO FAULTS WERE FOUND. THE ACFT WAS FERRIED BACK TO DEPARTURE WHERE THEY STARTED TESTING IT FURTHER. AT THAT TIME MX WAS GETTING A FAILURE INDICATION ON THE NR 2 SMOKE DETECTOR. THE NR 2 SMOKE DETECTOR WAS CHANGED AND AN OPS TEST WAS PERFORMED WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS.