Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
August 22, 2019
Submitted
August 26, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N369MN
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
0314
Aircraft time
1,784 hours, 1,425 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
47359717
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
1,784 hours, 1,425 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
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

ON DECENT THE "BAGGAGE SMOKE" INDICATION CAME ON, NO OTHER INDICATIONS TO CAUSE SMOKE WAS IDENTIFIED. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE MAIN POWER SWITCH WAS TURNED BACK ON AND THE BAGGAGE SMOKE INDICATION WAS OUT. A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENTS REVEALED NO SMOKE, NO SMELLS, NO BAGGAGE. COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAULT OR FIND FAULT IN SYSTEM. TEXTRON RECOMMENDED CLEANING THE SMOKE DETECTORS, THIS WAS PERFORMED AND FUNCTIONAL TEST WORKED WITHOUT FAULT. CHECK FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT FAULT.

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