Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Emb EMB145EP

Difficulty date
June 22, 2013
Submitted
June 24, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808HK
Make and model
Emb EMB145EP
Aircraft serial
145157
Aircraft time
30,790 hours, 28,998 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING CLIMB OUT AT 15,000 FT, CREW RECEIVED A LAV SMOKE ALARM. CREW FOLLOWED QRH AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURN TO DEPARTURE. A PASSENGER CONFESSED TO F/A THAT HE USED A SMOKELESS CIGARETTE IN THE LAV. MX INSPECTED AND TESTED LAV SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM, PERFORMED GVI OF THE LAV LIGHT BALLASTS AND ELT, NO DEFECTS FOUND.

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