Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
June 11, 2022
Submitted
June 13, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N152UW
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
5588
Aircraft time
28,450 hours, 11,353 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Zone 900 - Lav/G
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
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 ECAM WITH CONTINUOUS REPETITIVE CHIME ALERTED FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS THEN WENT OUT .FLIGHT ATTENDANT STATION SHOWED MID LAVATORY WHICH WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME. NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR HEAT, WASTE BASKET CHECKED OK. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED CIDS CIRCUIT BREAKER RESET PER TSM 24-00-00. PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY BITE TEST OF THE #1 AND #2 CIDS PER AMM 23-73-00.