Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
January 21, 2025
Submitted
January 22, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N171US
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1465
Aircraft time
77,337 hours, 29,907 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Zone 900
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: FLIGHT CREW REPORTED SMOKE LAVATORY SMOKE ECAM AT CRUISE FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED WARNING FOR FORWARD LAVATORY WAS ILLUMINATED BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF SMOKE OR ODORS. ECAM CLEARED ON ITS OWN. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED LAVATORY FIRE PROTECTION BITE AND CIDS BITE TESTS PER TSM 24-00-00-810-818-A WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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