Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
January 5, 2017
Submitted
January 6, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N190UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1436
Aircraft time
52,718 hours, 19,902 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. SMOKE - LAVATORY SMOKE MESSAGE MOMENTARILY APPEARED ON ECAM WITH FORWARD LAVATORY OCCUPIED. PASSENGER WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT SMOKING AND DENIED IT. LAVATORY INSPECTED AND NO SIGNS OF SMOKE OR FIRE. NO RECURRENCE THE REST OF FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM PER AMM 26-17-00.

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