Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300F4622R

Difficulty date
October 5, 2010
Submitted
October 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N720FD
Make and model
Airbus A300F4622R
Aircraft serial
417
Aircraft time
42,102 hours, 24,982 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4158
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CGAB200100
Part serial
2700
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cargo Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
F, A

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

What was found

LOWER FWD CARGO COMPT SMOKE ALERT. BOTH BOTTLES HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED. R&R'D BOTH FORWARD LOWER CARGO BAY SMOKE DETECTORS. AS PER A300-600 AMM 26-16-11-04, PERFORMED OPS TEST NORMALLY. OK FOR SERVICE. RAN UP ENGINES FOR 15 MINS, PACKS ON , AND COULD NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF SMOKE IN THE FWD CARGO AREA NOR OTHERS. RAN UP ENGINES AND APU FOR JRH. INSPECTED PNEUMATICS DUCTS AS PER AMM 21-64-32-09, 21-64-34-04-0.

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