Service difficulty report · Wire · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
December 12, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N818PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
58
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 2 Smoke Det
Component
Dhav
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
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

CARGO SMOKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CLIMB. LIGHT REMAINED ON FOR 5 SECONDS THEN WENT OUT. LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN THEN WENT OUT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SEA AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. NO SIGNS OF SMOKE OR HEAT NOTED. BROKEN WIRE AT NUMBER TWO SMOKE DETECTOR. CANNON PLUG REPAIRED, NUMBER ONE SMOKE DETECTOR REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, UNIT WAS SLOW TO TEST. SYSTEM OPS CHECKED GOOD.