SDR PNSA061003

Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
October 20, 2006
Submitted
November 2, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N677PA
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B316
Aircraft time
27,030 hours
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
72111211000
Part serial
A3070
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Avionics Bay
Part time
2,436 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT FROM ANC AVIONIC SMOKE WARNING ILLUMINATED THREE TIMES ABOUT TWO MINUTES APART. CREW RETURNED TO ANC WHERE MX INSPECTED SYSTEM AND FOUND SYSTEM TO BE GIVING FALSE WARNING. SYSTEM WAS DEFERRED AND FLIGHT CONTINUED NORMAL. THE NEXT DAY SMOKE DETECTOR WAS CLEANED AND SYSTEM ACTIVATED.

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