Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
September 6, 2021
Submitted
September 8, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N160AN
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
7069
Aircraft time
15,554 hours, 5,951 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
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: IN FLIGHT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR AURAL ALERT AND ELECTRONIC CENTRALIZED AIRCRAFT MONITOR MESSAGE. NO INDICATION OF LAVATORY SMOKE, MESSAGE WENT OUT AFTER 10 SECONDS AND NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHICH LAVATORY PRODUCED WARNING. ACCOMPLISHED LAVATORY SMOKE WARNING TEST PER TSM 26-17-00 VERIFIED LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR COVERS CLEAN.

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