Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Fokker F28MK4000

Difficulty date
May 31, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N479AU
Make and model
Fokker F28MK4000
Aircraft serial
11228
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Activated
Location
Rt Lavatory
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SMOKE DETECTOR IN RIGHT LAVATORY GOES OFF INTERMITTANTLY. PLACED ON MEL, REFERENCE 26-7. DETECTOR DISCONNECTED, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. MEL CLEARED ON 5/31 BY RECONNECTING SMOKE DETECTOR. PROBLEM IS WITH APU WHICH IS ON MEL (REF QXEA9700216 ODR).

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