Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
December 9, 2009
Submitted
December 10, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N689FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
875
Aircraft time
3,733 hours, 2,001 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CG7G011
Part serial
658
Condition
Inoperative
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
6,649 hours, 3,414 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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

WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AVIONICS SMOKE WARNING CAME ON - THERE WERE NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF SMOKE - WARNING WENT ON/OFF EVERY 5 SECONDS -AFTER LANDING AND TAXI - IN MECHANICS AND FIRE RESCUE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE - ALL WARINGS CEASED WHEN ENGINES WERE SHUTDOWN. TSM 26-16-00 AVIONICS SMOKE TEST NORMAL. CLEANED BACK OF MTP SMOKE TEST PANEL IAW SMP, INSP. CONNECTOR AT SMOKE DETECTOR 13WA, CK'S GOOD. REPLACING SMOKE DETECTOR, PRECAUTIONARY, IN WORK. REPLACED AVIONICS SMOKE DETECTOR 13WA IAW MM 26-15-12-4 TESTS OKAY. RAN APU WITH PACKS FOR 15 MIN, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL, OKAY TO CONTINUE.

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