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A CRJ200's faulty lav smoke detector activated on takeoff. Flight attendant may have smelled something. An emergency was declared with a return to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 766921 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 766921 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe cabin event other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
At rotation; forward lavatory smoke detector red message light as well as smoke alarm. Contacted flight attendant and verified that there was no fire. Message then went out after approximately 12 seconds. Initially; flight attendant reported that there was no fire or smoke. Flight attendant called back 20 seconds later and thought that maybe he smelled something. Declared emergency and returned to field. EICAS message smoke forward lavatory. Faulty smoke detector in forward lavatory.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CRJ200'S FAULTY LAV SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED ON TKOF. FA MAY HAVE SMELLED SOMETHING. AN EMER WAS DECLARED WITH A RETURN TO LAND.
Narrative: AT ROTATION; FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR RED MESSAGE LIGHT AS WELL AS SMOKE ALARM. CONTACTED FLT ATTENDANT AND VERIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE. MESSAGE THEN WENT OUT AFTER APPROX 12 SECONDS. INITIALLY; FLT ATTENDANT RPTED THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE OR SMOKE. FLT ATTENDANT CALLED BACK 20 SECONDS LATER AND THOUGHT THAT MAYBE HE SMELLED SOMETHING. DECLARED EMER AND RETURNED TO FIELD. EICAS MESSAGE SMOKE FORWARD LAVATORY. FAULTY SMOKE DETECTOR IN FORWARD LAVATORY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.