Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
November 29, 2012
Submitted
December 7, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N543UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25698
Aircraft time
80,308 hours, 23,335 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
2156604A
Part serial
668
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FWD CARGO DET 2. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, FWD CARGO DET2 MSG DISPLAYED UNABLE TO CLEAR, FIRE TEST NO HELP. PER MEL TEST VERIFIED OTHER DETECTOR OK. REPLACED SMOKE DETECTOR 2 PER AMM, OPS CHECKED OK. MESSAGE WENT AWAY.