Service difficulty report · Unknown · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
May 15, 2011
Submitted
May 17, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N309CE
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
201
Aircraft time
40,149 hours, 46,776 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Lavatory
Part time
40,149 hours
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON ENGINE START AT GAT IN IAD / FLT CREW RECEIVED LAV SMOKE INDICATION AND REPORTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE. CAPTAIN ELECTED TO DEPLANE PASSANGERS THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW DEPLANED SAFELY AND THE FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED BY OPS. MX RAN AIRCRAFT COULD NOT DUPLICATE, CHANGED THE SMOKE DETECTOR.

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