Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
December 13, 2020
Submitted
December 14, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509AY
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
3796
Aircraft time
41,248 hours, 14,804 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
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 DETECTOR INTERMITTENTLY SENT FALSE ALERTS. RESET CIDS DIR 1 AND 2, PER AMM 23-73-00. BITE CHECK OF SMOKE DETECTOR SYSTEM CHECKS NORMAL, PER AMM 26-17-00.

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