SDR PNSA991001

Service difficulty report · Fire Detector · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
October 25, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N675PA
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
206
Part
Fire Detector
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cargo Compt
Component
Kidde · 478079
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO ANC, OVER THE OUTER MARKER THE CARGO FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE NUMBER 1 CARGO FIRE BOTTLE WAS DISCHARGED AND AN EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. EMERGENCY CREWS OPENED CARGO COMPARTMENT AND FOUND NO SMOKE OR FIRE. SMOKE DETECTORS WERE FOUND TO BE SATURATED WITH CONDENSATION. REPLACED DETECTORS, NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND.

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