Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 7372Q9

Difficulty date
January 28, 2000
Submitted
April 25, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N231US
Make and model
Boeing 7372Q9
Aircraft serial
21976
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PVD - FLT 2655 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM PVD, AT APPROXIMATELY 8,000 FEET, THE SMOKE DETECTOR IN THE AFT LAVATORY BEGAN SOUNDING AND A SMELL IN THE AFT CABIN WAS PRESENT. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT PVD. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE GROUND RAN BOTH ENGINES TO SIMULATE CONDITION. NO ODOR OR SOURCE WAS DETECTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT WATER SEPARATOR BAGS, LEFT AFT COFFEE MAKER AND AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR AS PRECAUTION. SERVICED LEFT ACM TO PROPER LEVEL. FOUND WIRES FOR LIGHT AT AFT LAVATORY MIRROR SHOW EVIDENCE OF AGE DETERIORATION. PROGRAMMED FOR REPLACEMENT. (M)

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