Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
November 10, 2009
Submitted
November 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N431CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0228
Aircraft time
1,458 hours, 1,108 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
DE
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

ON DECENT, CREW RECEIVED "BAGGAGE SMOKE" ANNUNCIATION. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ASKED FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT STANDBY. ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE EXISTED. MX STAFF PERFORMED SB 525B-26-04 WHICH OUTFITS THE SMOKE DETECTOR WITH A COVER, PN 6313311-14. THIS SB WAS GENERATED TO PREVENT NUISANCE BAGGAGE SMOKE ANNUNCIATIONS. MX PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPS TEST OF SMOKE DETECTION SYS AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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