Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
November 20, 2011
Submitted
November 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N423CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0121
Aircraft time
4,232 hours, 3,084 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359717
Part serial
1088
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
4,232 hours, 3,084 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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 CLIMB OUT, BAGGAGE SMOKE WARNING ILLUMINATED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE ACFT DIVERTED. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX FOUND THE AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR INOPERATIVE. THE AFT DETECTOR WAS REPLACED AND A SUCCESSFUL OPS CHECK WAS PERFORMED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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