What was found
DURING PREFLIGHT CHECK, CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR FAILED TEST CORRECTLY. MAINTENANCE CLEANED MOISTURE FROM SMOKE DETECTOR CONNECTOR. TESTED OK. AIRCRAFT RELEASED.
- Difficulty date
- June 30, 2000
- Submitted
- July 9, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N685PA
- Make and model
- Saab 340B
- Aircraft serial
- 212
- Aircraft time
- 19,847 hours, 17,254 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2611 · Smoke Detection
- Part
- Smoke Detector
- Part number
- 473079
- Part serial
- 139
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Cargo Bay
- Part time
- 206 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- L
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.