Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
December 12, 2021
Submitted
December 13, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N108UW
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
1061
Aircraft time
64,334 hours, 31,450 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Aft 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: RIGHT AFT LAVATORY SMOKE ILLUMINATED INFLIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS AND THEN WENT OUT. LAVATORY INSPECTED BY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NO ODOR OR SMOKE NOTED. SUSPECT VAPING. PERFORMED AMM TEST PER 26-17-00 FOR OPERATIONS TEST OF RIGHT AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR. OPERATIONS NORMAL. ALSO PERFORMED VISUAL CHECK OF LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR. NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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