Service difficulty report · Detector · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
October 7, 2020
Submitted
October 8, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N545UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
4850
Aircraft time
31,193 hours, 11,695 cycles
Part
Detector
Part number
DHE1141
Condition
Defective
Location
E/E Bay Door
Stage of operation
CR
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

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. FORWARD AVIONICS DOOR INDICATION CAME ON IN FLIGHT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PHL, WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED PROXIMITY SWITCH (DETECTOR) 36WV AND ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK, PER AMM 52-71-14.

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