Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
January 10, 2017
Submitted
January 17, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N439QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4246
Aircraft time
17,835 hours, 19,013 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Activated
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
IN
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

WHEN APU BLEED AIR IS TURNED ON, THE LAV SMOKE DETECTOR GOES OFF AFTER ABOUT 3 MINUTES. ONCE BLEED AIR IS TURNED OFF DETECTOR STOPS AFTER ABOUT 2 MINS. RAN APU WITH BLEED AIR ON FOR APPROX 1 HR. SET ECS TO FULL HOT THEN PREFORMED AN ECS PURGE ENGINE RUN. NO ODOR, THE LAV SMOKE DETECTOR DID NOT GO OFF. CHECKED CDS FOR FAULTS. NO FAULTS. CHECKED APU OIL LEVEL. OIL LEVEL NORMAL. CHECKED APU EXTERNAL FOR LEAKS. NO LEAKS NOTED. APU AND BLEED AIR SYSTEM OPS NORMAL. COULD NOT DUPLICATE.