Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 2, 2009
Submitted
December 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N786UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26938
Aircraft time
55,608 hours, 8,180 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FWD CARGO FIRE DET SYS INOP, FLT DIVERTED. OFF-LOADED CARGO FROM FWD PIT. DISCONNECTED TUBING AT SMOKE DETECTOR, CAPPED OFF MOST OF SAMPLING PORTS FOR ZONE 3 USING TAPE & UTILIZED LOW PRESSURE COMPRESSED AIR TO BLOW OUT TUBING FROM DETECTOR OUT TO SAMPLING PORTS. MAT TEST PASSED AND MX PAGE SHOWED FLOW NORMAL.