Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
October 5, 2011
Submitted
October 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0115
Aircraft time
4,508 hours, 3,312 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359717
Part serial
0253
Condition
Defective
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
203 hours, 151 cycles
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

DURING DESCENT THE BAGGAGE SMOKE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE ACFT DIVERTED, LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX TROUBLESHOT THE DISCREPANCY TO A FAULTY FORWARD SMOKE DETECTOR. THE DETECTOR WAS REPLACED, OPS CHECKED OK. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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