Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
October 4, 2020
Submitted
October 5, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N164NN
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6909
Aircraft time
13,558 hours, 5,096 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
PPC120000
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
TX
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: LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTION ECAM ALERT OCCURRED ON THE GROUND IN DFW AND DURING DECENT INTO DEN. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUSPECT IT WAS FROM LAVATORY E. ACCOMPLISHED OPERATIONAL TEST OF LAVATORY SMOKE-DETECTION SYSTEM. NO FAULTS FOUND.

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