Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
September 22, 2009
Submitted
September 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N417CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0090
Aircraft time
2,963 hours, 2,188 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359717
Part serial
0558
Condition
Defective
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
2,962 hours, 2,188 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L, A

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, WHILE DECENDING, CREW OBSERVED BAGGAGE SMOKE WARNING ANNUNCIATION. FOLLOWING AFM PROCEDURES, CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED WHERE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY. AFTER LANDING, CREW PULLED OFF RUNWAY ON TO TAXIWAY AND WITH THE PASSENGERS,EVACUATED THE ACFT. ON SITE MX FOUND THE FWD BAGGAGE AREA CLEAR AND NO SIGNS OF SMOKE OR FIRE. THE AFT BAGGAGE ARE HAD AN ODOR LIKE ELECTRICAL OVERHEATING SUSPECTING THIS THE CAUSE OF THE WARNING. THE AFT SMOKE DETECTOR WAS REPLACED AND OPS CHECKED SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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