Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
March 2, 2007
Submitted
March 2, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
728
Aircraft time
19,542 hours, 10,113 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CG7G011
Part serial
AB1227
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
3,917 hours, 2,507 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLIMB-OUT APPROACHING 2000' , CRC ECAM FLASHED FOR MIN EQUIP BAY SMOKE. SMOKE LIGHT CAME ON AND LIGHT EXTINGUISHED IN A FEW SECONDS. MIN EQUIP BAY SNIFFER CHECK, NEGATIVE. PASSED 11,000' SAME HAPPENED AGAIN, LIGHT STAYED ON. SNIFFER CHECK WAS NEGATIVE. DECLARED EMERG, RAN CHKLISTS AND CAME BACK. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AGAIN, DON'T KNOW WHEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED SMOKE DETECTOR 12WA; OPS CK OK. PREMATURE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION OFF MFG CG7G0-11, POS AV2 SRL AB1227,TAG 390B62, ON MFG CG7G0-11, SRL 144, TAG 6565A4. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT COALESCER BAGS PRECAUTIONARY.

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