Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
November 15, 2009
Submitted
November 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N401CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0030
Aircraft time
3,841 hours, 2,796 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359717
Part serial
0458
Condition
Defective
Location
Cargo Bay
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

DURING DECENT AND APPROACH, CREW RECEIVED SMOKE WARNING ANNUNCIATION. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED, ALLOWING THE FIRE/RESCUE PERSONNEL TO INSPECT ACFT. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR SMOKE WAS FOUND. MX REPLACED THE FWD BAGGAGE SMOKE DETECTOR. THE SMOKE DETECTION SYS WAS TESTED SATISFACTORILY AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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