Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
April 19, 2004
Submitted
April 21, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N814EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
318
Aircraft time
30,551 hours, 33,713 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
302313
Part serial
001740
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
768 hours, 797 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

FLIGHT NR 3763 REPORTED THE SMOKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING WHILE GROUND HANDLING. NO SMOKE WAS PRESENT FROM THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 SMOKE DETECTOR IN THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT AND OPERATIONAL TEST THE SYSTEM. ALL CHECKS GOOD.