What was found
ON CLIMBOUT OF MEM, THE NR 2 ZONE SMOKE DETECTOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NO SMOKE WAS FOUND. THE PILOT DID A PRECAUTIONARY TURNBACK INTO MEM. THE SMOKE DETECTOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- December 19, 2008
- Submitted
- December 22, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N810FX
- Make and model
- Aerosp ATR72202
- Aircraft serial
- 220
- Aircraft time
- 25,868 hours, 27,245 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2611 · Smoke Detection
- Part
- Smoke Detector
- Part number
- 8930112B50L114
- Part serial
- 8583M2
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Zone 200
- Part time
- 2,469 hours
- 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.