SDR KPVA200723

Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
November 29, 2007
Submitted
December 3, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808WP
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
026
Aircraft time
42,966 hours, 71,707 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(PIREP) SMOKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED BRIEFLY INFLIGHT. NO SMOKE DETECTED. PAX IN REAR OF PLANE HAD CELL PHONE ON. (MX) OPS CHECK GOOD. IT WAS DETERMINED CELL PHONE IN BACK SEAT IN FLIGHT WITNESSED BY OFF DUTY WP PILOT.