Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A320231

Difficulty date
March 1, 2003
Submitted
April 9, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N633AW
Make and model
Airbus A320231
Aircraft serial
082
Aircraft time
42,230 hours, 19,269 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CG7G0
Part serial
1055
Condition
Faulty
Location
Zone 128
Part time
42,232 hours, 19,269 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIR TURNBACK, AFTER TAKEOFF RECEIVED ECAM MESSAGE TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PULLED UP LAST LEG REPORT THAT INDICATED AVIONIC SMOKE FAULT. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKERS PER MX & CAPTS EMERGENCY AUTHORITY. BROUGHT UP AVIONIC SMOKE CHECKLIST & DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, TURNED BACK TO FLL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING OF AVIONICS CODING & SMOKE DETECTOR SYS. REMOVED & REPLACED SMOKE DETECTOR SENSOR AND SMOKE WARNING RELAY. OPS CHECK WAS GOOD PER AMM TASK 26-15-00-710-001. PART NAME; RELAY, MFG; ALLIED SIGNAL, P/N; E0245-28AO. VENDOR CONFIRMED FAILURE OF SMOKE DETECTOR S/N 1055. NO REASON GIVEN FOR FAILURE. PART DEEMED AS BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR & WAS EXCHANGED WITH UPGRADED M&E.

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