Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
April 23, 2024
Submitted
April 24, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
4885
Aircraft time
39,459 hours, 15,380 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
False Indication
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
CR
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: AT CRUISE, FL300, ABOUT 1.5 HOURS INTO FLIGHT THE MASTER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ECAM INDICATED LAVATORY FIRE FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND THEN EXTINGUISHED/DISAPPEARED. THE FORWARD FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED THE SAME INDICATION ON HER PANEL, MID LAV 3L. THE DISCREPANCY IS THAT THE OVERHEAD LIGHT ABOVE THE 3L LAVATORY DID NOT INDICATE FIRE. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT AND CONFIRMED SMOKE LAVATORY WARNING FROM MID (L) LAVATORY. ALSO NO AMBER CEILING INDICATION. RESET CIDS AND PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM PER AMM 26 -17-00 WITH NO FAULTS NOTED.

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