Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
December 4, 2020
Submitted
December 8, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N161AA
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
7085
Aircraft time
13,764 hours, 5,198 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Indication
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. ELECTRONIC CENTRALIZED AIRCRAFT MONITOR, LAVATORY SMOKE CAME ON AND THEN WENT OUT AFTER 20 SECONDS. CAME ON DURING DECENT. NO SMOKE NOTED IN LAVATORIES. ACCOMPLISHED LAVATORY SMOKE TEST, CABIN INTERCOMMUNICATION DATA SYSTEM SMOKE DETECTOR FUNCTION. NO FAULT NOTED OR DETECTED. CHECKED BOTH LAVATORIES FOR ANY SMOKE SMELL, BOTH CHECK NORMAL, PER AMM 36-10-00.

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