Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A319115

Difficulty date
March 18, 2020
Submitted
March 20, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N90024
Make and model
Airbus A319115
Aircraft serial
6384
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: SMOKE AFT CARGO WARNING NUMEROUS TIMES DURING FLIGHT , ATTEPTED TO RUN ECAM AND WOULD GO AWAY. FINAL WARNING RETURNED AND COMPLETED ECAM. DISCHARGED AFT BOTTLE. RETURNED TO MIA, EMERGENCY DECLARED. REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL 4 AFT CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR IAW AMM 26-16-15. REMOVED AND REPLACED AFT CARGO COMP. FIRE BOTTLE IAW AMM 26-23-42. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST REQUIRED IAW AMM 26-23-30, AMM 26-16-00.

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