SDR AALA2020072769004

Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date: July 24, 2020
Submitted: July 27, 2020
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N134AN
Make and model: Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial: 6495
Aircraft time: 17,062 hours, 5,990 cycles
System (JASC): 2611 · Smoke Detection
Part: Smoke Detector
Condition: False Activation
Location: Lavatory
Stage of operation: DE
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: N
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: ON DESCENT TO LGA PASSING 16,000FT, LAVATORY. SMOKE ALERT AND CHIME IN COCKPIT AND AT FLIGHT ATTENDANT STATION, THERE WAS NO SMOKE IN THE LAV. PERFORMED BITE TEST ON ALL LAV SMOKE DETECTOR PER AMM 26-17-00 ALL INDICATION NORMAL.

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