Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
November 25, 2010
Submitted
November 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N673FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
780
Aircraft time
19,769 hours, 10,540 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CGDU220000
Part serial
489
Condition
Dirty
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

AIR TURN BACK FOR "AVIONICS SMOKE" ECAM. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. FOUND WATER IN AVIONICS SMOKE DETECTOR. R & R AVIONICS SMOKE DETECTOR AS REQUIRED. OPS CHECK GOOD REF MM 26-15-12-04-0. PREMATURE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION. NOTE: PREV WRITE UP AT GATE - WATER CLEANED FROM DETECTOR.

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