Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
September 15, 2010
Submitted
September 17, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N401CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0030
Aircraft time
4,329 hours, 3,217 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359717
Part serial
0467
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
421 cycles
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

SEVEN MILES OUT, ON APPROACH, CREW NOTICED BAGGAGE SMOKE ANNUNCIATION, AFTER RUNNING AFM EMERGENCY CHECK LIST, CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN CREW STOPPED ACFT ON TAXIWAY. FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL INSPECTED ACFT AND COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE OR CAUSE FOR THE WARNING INDICATION EXCEPT CONDENSATION IN FWD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. ON-SITE MX INSPECTED SMOKE DETECTION SYS, CLEANED ALL DETECTOR CONNECTORS AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. MX COORDINATOR REQUESTED FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE FWD SMOKE DETECTOR. ITEM REPLACED AS PRECAUTIONARY ACTION. SYS TESTED SATISFACTORY BY MX PERSONNEL AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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