Service difficulty report · Smoke Warning · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
February 25, 2009
Submitted
February 25, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N453FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
267
Aircraft time
32,868 hours, 15,673 cycles
Part
Smoke Warning
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

JUST BEFORE TAKEOFF, MAIN DECK CARGO SMOKE (ECAM). WORKED QRH PROCEDURE AND THEN HAD ECAM, CARGO LOOP FAULT FOR MID-DECK. WHILE RUNNING CHECKLIST FOR CARGO LOOP FAULT, BOTH A AND B ON AFT DECK, MAIN DECK CARGO SMOKE ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ON. JUST PRIOR TO EVACUATING ACFT VIA "ON GRD EMERG EVAC" PROC, ALL FIRE INDICATIONS CLEARED. T/S IN PROGRESS. UPON BLOCK-IN NO ALERTS WERE NOTED ON MDC SMOKE DET PNL. NO FAULT BULB NOTED ON SMOKE DETECTION CTRLS. OFFLOADED ALL FREIGHTS AND CARRIED OUT INSPECTION ON ALL CARGO CMPT SMOKE DETECTORS. NO DEFECTS NOTED. RELOADED FREIGHT ONTO A/C AND WITH APU BLEED ON, NO ALERTS NOTED (2HRS). RAN BOTH ENGINES AT IDLE POWER PER A310 JRH FOR 20 MINUTES. NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. UPDATED MOCC WITH FINDINGS. ACFT OK TO CONTINUE. TSM REF :-26-19-00 AMM REF :- 26-19-00-5.

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