Service difficulty report · Filter · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
September 28, 2024
Submitted
September 30, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N163AA
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6866
Aircraft time
25,058 hours, 9,999 cycles
Part
Filter
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Smoke Detector
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: SPURIOUS LAVATORY SMOKE WARNING DURING CRUISE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED IT CAME FROM MID LAVATORY. THERE WAS NO SMOKE AND NO PERSON HAD USED THE LAVATORY. PERFORMED TSM TASK 26-17-00. NO CURRENT FAULTS. INSPECTION OF MID LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR FOUND CONTAMINATED FILTER, CHANGED SMOKE DETECTOR FILTER.

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