Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
October 1, 2009
Submitted
October 5, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N412CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0059
Aircraft time
3,240 hours, 2,335 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359717
Part serial
1396
Condition
Defective
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
1,108 hours, 844 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
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

AFTER TAKE-OFF ON LEG , CREW OBSERVED BAGGAGE SMOKE WARNING ANNUNCIATION. FOLLOWING AFM PROCEDURES, CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED BACK TO DEPARTURE. ACFT LANDED AND CLEARED RUNWAY, CREW INSPECTED BAGGAGE COMPARTMENTS AND NO SMOKE OR FIRE WAS PRESENT. ON SITE, MX REPLACED FWD BAGGAGE SMOKE DETECTOR AND PERFORMED OPS CHECK OK. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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