Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
June 30, 2009
Submitted
July 1, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N632AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145143
Aircraft time
22,862 hours, 22,644 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Malfunctioned
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

CREW REPORTED AFTER TAKEOFF, F/A NOTIFIED CAPTAIN OF LAV FIRE ALARM GOING OFF. THERE WAS NO FIRE, NO ODOR, AND NO SMOKE NOTED. THERE WAS ALSO NO COCKPIT INDICATION OF SMOKE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. PERFORMED HIGH POWER RUN WITH FLIGHT CREW AND CHECK LAV FOR ANY SMOKE ODOR INDICATION, NO SMOKE OR ODOR NOTED, PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF LAV SMOKE DETECTION SYS, OPS CHECK NORMAL. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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