Service difficulty report · Acm · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
February 23, 2004
Submitted
February 24, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N826EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
389
Aircraft time
240,002 hours, 26,315 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
7757352
Part serial
861015
Condition
Faulty
Location
Air Conditioning
Part time
13,064 hours, 14,258 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT 826EX HAS SHOWN A SEVERAL DAY HISTORY OF THE LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ALARMING. THE DETECTOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. THEN THE DETECTOR WOULD ALARM AT A LATER TIME. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT IT DOWN TO THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE PRODUCING ENOUGH FUMES TO TRIP THE DETECTOR ALARM. AIR CYCLE MACHINE WAS REPLACED AND SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIR CYCLE MACHINE IN QUESTION WAS ALSO DUE TIME CHANGE.