Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
March 5, 2009
Submitted
March 9, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N684FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
802
Aircraft time
14,366 hours, 7,938 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CGAB200100
Part serial
2020
Condition
Inoperative
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

AFTER START GOT ECAM INDICATION FAULT ON MAIN DECK RIGHT AFT CARGO SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM AND FAULT LIGHT ON OVERHEAD PANEL. CLEARED ITSELF AFTER 2-3 MINUTES. THEN COME ON AGAIN DURING T/O ROLL AT 30-40KIAS. ABORTED T/O. FAULT LIGHT WENT AWAY. RETURNED TO RAMP. ACN RELEASED FOR SERVICE PER MEL/CDL: 26-17-01-A CATEGORY: C EXPIRATION: 15MAR09 "MEL 26-17-01-A: MAIN DECK (IDENTIFY MID 1, MID 2 AN D/OR AFT) A SMOKE DETECTOR(S) INOP." REMOVED AND REPLACED LOWER CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR 44WH AND 9 WH REF MM 26-16-11-4. OPS CHECK NORMAL REF 26-16-00-5. REF TSI 26-12 NR 7249 FOR PARTS CHANGE AND T/S INFO.

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