Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
January 1, 2012
Submitted
January 4, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N730FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
659
Aircraft time
35,198 hours, 18,214 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CG7G0
Part serial
AB2020
Condition
Faulted
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

NR 2 PRESS REGULATOR FAULTED OFF DURING CLIMBOUT TURNED SYS 2 OFF IAW ECAM. .5 MN LATER AVIONICS SMOKE, LIGHT AND WARNING OCCURED. LIGHT STAYED ON FOR DURATION OF FLIGHT. FOLLOWED "AVIONICS SMOKE" PROCEDURES IN QRH AND MADE EMERGENCY RETURN AND LANDING. NO SMOKE WAS OSERVED THRU THE SNIFFER FAN DURING FLIGHT T/S IAW FIM 26-15-00, FIG 102. FOUND MAIN BAY DUCT SMOKE DET 11WA FAULTING. R AND RED SMOKE DETECTION 11 WA IAW AMM 26-15-12-04 AND PERFORMED TEST IAW AMM 26-15-00-5 AND ALL TESTS PASSED. PERFORMED CABIN PRESSURE CTRL NR2 OPS TEST AND BITE TEST IAW AMM 21-31-00-05-0, ITEM (F). ALL TESTS PASSED PERFORMED UNDER OPS CHECK IAW AMM 26-15-00-05 AND ALL TESTS PASSED.

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