Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
July 28, 2011
Submitted
August 2, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0115
Aircraft time
4,304 hours, 3,161 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359717
Part serial
1644
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
715 hours, 509 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

ON DESCENT, AT 9500 FEET, THE AFT BAGGAGE SMOKE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CREW RAN THE CHECKLIST AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS MET BY THE FIRE AND RESCUE WORKERS WHO CHECKED FOR SMOKE AND FIRE, NO INDICATIONS OF SMOKE OR FIRE WERE FOUND. ON-SITE MX PERSONNEL TROUBLESHOT SYS AND REPLACED SUSPECT INTERMITTENT FWD SMOKE DETECTOR. A FUNCTIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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