Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
January 20, 2020
Submitted
January 21, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N623QX
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
00652
Aircraft time
7,936 hours, 4,662 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

MASTER WARNING LAV SMOKE EICAS MESSAGE AT FL 330. RAN LAV SMOKE QRH CHECKLIST, MESSAGE EXTINGUISHED AFTER 1.5 MIN. DECLARED EMERGENCY, RAN SMOKE/FIRE/FUMES CHECKLIST. NO SMOKE PRESENT NOR FUMES OR FIRE OBSERVED. DIVERTED TO BOI. DUE TO POSSIBLE SMOKE, FIREMEN CHECKED FORWARD AND AFT LAV. NO SMOKE, FUMES OR FIRE OBSERVED BUT FOUND AFT LAV SMOKE DETECTOR FULL OF DUST. DIVERTED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. INSPECTED FWD AND AFT LAV SMOKE DETECTORS. FOUND AFT LAV SMOKE DETECTOR SCREEN COVERED IN DUST. CLEANED SCREEN AS REQUIRED. C/W LAV SMOKE DETECTOR SYSTEM TEST IAW E175 AMM TSK 26-14-01-700-801-A. SYSTEM TESTS NORMAL. AIRCRAFT RTS.

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