Service difficulty report · Sensor · Cessna 525C

Difficulty date
April 23, 2016
Submitted
April 25, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N718MV
Make and model
Cessna 525C
Aircraft serial
0041
Aircraft time
1,234 hours, 1,015 cycles
Part
Sensor
Part number
474716
Part serial
ABL2894
Condition
Dirty
Location
Smoke Detector
Part time
1,234 hours, 1,015 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED, DUE TO A FORWARD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR LIGHT AND AUREL WARNING. AFTER LANDING AND EVACUATING AIRPLANE THE FORWARD BAGGAGE AREA WAS OPENED UP AND INSPECTED FOR SMOKE OR THE ODOR OF SMOKE, NONE WAS FOUND. HAD A LOCAL A&P ALSO CHECK IT OUT, IT WAS CLEANED AROUND THE SENSOR WITH A VACUUM CLEANER AND THE FAULT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE A&P SIGNED IT OFF AS COULD NOT DUPLICATE AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AS PLANNED. THERE WERE NO MORE INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE ON THE REMAINING FLIGHT.

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