Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
October 19, 2020
Submitted
October 20, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N551UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
4940
Aircraft time
30,320 hours, 11,385 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
PPC120000
Part serial
75486
Condition
False Indication
Location
Fwd Lavatory
Part time
9,370 hours, 3,685 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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. APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS INTO FLIGHT FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED FOR 2 SECONDS. NO SOURCE OF SMOKE WAS NOTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD LAVATORY A SMOKE DETECTOR, PER AMM 26-17-15-000-001-A.

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