Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
August 23, 2011
Submitted
August 23, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N723FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
543
Aircraft time
39,115 hours, 23,395 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CGDU220000
Part serial
168
Condition
Inoperative
Part time
8,628 hours, 5,629 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER GEAR UP, IN-FLIGHT AVIONICS SMOKE ON ECAM ON GND CONTINUOUS ECAM WARNING. INSPECTED AVIONICS BAY FOR SMOKE/EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING, NONE FOUND. TESTED AVIONICS COMPARTMENT DETECTORS IAW TSM 26-15-00-05, FOUND MAIN BAY AND MINIMUM EQUIPMENT BAY DETECTORS TESTED OK. COCKPIT DETECTOR NO TEST. REMOVED AND RECONNECTED PLUG AND SUBSQUENT TESTS OK. SMOKE DETECTOR 13WA FAILING TEST. R & R SMOKE DETECTOR 13WA IAW AMM 26-15-12-04 AND OP TEST PERFORMED IAW AMM 26-15-00-05. TEST PASSED.

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