Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A319132

Difficulty date
May 26, 2021
Submitted
May 27, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N815AW
Make and model
Airbus A319132
Aircraft serial
1323
Aircraft time
64,862 hours, 28,821 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Indication
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
NR
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: ECAM SMOKE MESSAGE FOR SMOKE IN LAVATORY CAME ON TWICE IN SHORT SUCCESSION AND IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT BOTH TIMES. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED THAT A PASSENGER WAS INTHE FIRST CLASS LAVATORY AT THE TIME. THE PASSENGER DENIED SMOKING OR TAMPERING WITH THE SMOKE DETECTOR. THERE WAS NO SMOKE IN THE LAVATORY. FLIGHT ATTENDANT MONITORED THE LAVATORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE LAVATORY SMOKE-DETECTION SYSTEM, TEST OK REF AMM TASK 26-17-00-710-001-A. ACCOMPLISHED TSM TASK 26-17-00-810-801-A.

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