Service difficulty report · Acm · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
March 16, 2008
Submitted
March 20, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N355PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
500
Aircraft time
23,626 hours, 34,227 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
78279018
Part serial
860726
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
A/C Bay
Part time
43,075 hours, 60,552 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PDX - FLIGHT 2193, ON APPROACH THE LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF TWICE. BOTH TIMES THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED NO INDICATIONS OF SMOKE. AIR WAS SMOOTH AND THE BLEEDS WERE ON MAX. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE, CONDENSER/MIXER AND HEAT EXCHANGER. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.