Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Fokker F28MK4000

Difficulty date
May 29, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N479AU
Make and model
Fokker F28MK4000
Aircraft serial
11228
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
PU90461S
Condition
Malfunction
Location
Rt Lavatory
Component
Jamco
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

STARBOARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR BECAME ACTIVE AT 10,000 FEET THROUGH 16,000 FEET DURING CLIMB, THEN QUIT. NO BURNING OR SMOKING MATERIALS NOTED IN FLIGHT OR AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. INSPECTED SYSTEM AND DETERMINED TO BE SMOKE FROM THE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT. PLACED APU ON MEL, REFERENCE 49-1. MEL CLEARED ON 5/30/97 BY REPLACING THE SMOKE DETECTOR MODULE, WHICH WAS NOTICED TO GO OFF WHEN TOUCHED, OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD.

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