Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
November 23, 2010
Submitted
November 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N730FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
659
Aircraft time
33,778 hours, 17,373 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4158
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
E/E Bay
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

AVIONICS SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WENT OUT 3 TIMES BEFORE WE COULD LAND. NO SMOKE NOTED IN COCKPIT OR IN SNIFFER FAN. MEM R DET 13WA NEEDS NEW CLAMP REF IPC 26-15-01-07 ITEM 40. QTY 1 CLAMP, TEMP INSTALLED 13WA PARTS ON ORDER R & R 11WA REF MM 26-15-12-04. PREMATURE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION.

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