Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
November 15, 2006
Submitted
November 16, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N807FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
492
Aircraft time
57,270 hours, 11,744 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
E/E Bay
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 DEPARTURE AND LEVEL AT 9000, GOT ECAM AND MASTER WARNING FOR AVIONICS SMOKE, DUE TO PROXIMITY TO AIRPORT IMMEDIATELY WENT ON OXYGEN TO RETURN TO KMEM. UNABLE TO CONFIRM ACTUAL SMOKE AND ON APPROACH ECAM ALERT CLEARED. REMOVED AND REPLACED AVI COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR 13WA AVIONICS COMPARTMENT AS PER MM 26-15-12-4. REPLACED AVIONICS COMP SMOKE DET'S 11WA AND 12WA PER A/C M/M 26-15-12-4, AVIONICS COMP SMOKE DET SYS. TESTS OK PER A/C M/M 26-15-00-5.

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