Service difficulty report · Smoke Warning · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
December 11, 2002
Submitted
December 13, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N462PS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3084
Aircraft time
10,019 hours, 9,674 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Smoke Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE CREW REPORTED RECEIVING A LAV SMOKE CAS MESSAGE DURING FINAL THERE WAS NO SMOKE, JUST AN ERRONEOUS MESSAGE. MAINTENANCE CONTROL AND THE CREW DEFERRED THE LAV SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM WITH 26-3 CODE C.