Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
February 11, 2007
Submitted
February 12, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N725FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
572
Aircraft time
38,339 hours, 19,516 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
352000023
Part serial
00149K1
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cargo Bay
Part time
863 hours, 463 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER PUSHBACK AND ENGINE START RECEIVED ECAM FOR AFT CARGO CPT SMOKE. COMPLIED WITH ECAM AND QRH. PREPPED FOR REMOVAL OF NR 1 LWR CARGO COMP FIRE BOTTLE. REF:A300 M.M.CHAPT:26-23-11-4-02. OPENED FWD LWR CARGO DOOR. PULLED AND TAGGED CIRCUIT BREAKERS, REMOVED RT SIDEWALL PANEL (HARDWARE AND PANEL IN WORK AREA). ORDERED NEW FIRE BOTTLE (MPN-35200002-1) NIS OAK. NEW DISCHARGE CARTRIDGE (MPN-30900000M) IN STOCK OAK. REMOVED AND REPLACED AFT CARGO PIT FWD SMOKE DETECTOR PER AMM 26-16-11-4 AND 26-16-00-5-01. OPS CHECK NML. DUE TO CREW QRH PROCEDURES OF DISCHARGING THE NR 1 LOWER CARGO BOTTLE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 LOWER CARGO BOTTLE PER AMM 26-23-11-4-02 CLOSED AND SECURED THE SIDEWALL PANEL.

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