Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
July 12, 2013
Submitted
July 12, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N664FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
768
Aircraft time
25,187 hours, 13,645 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Stage of operation
DE
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

AVIONICS SMOKE WARNING ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES DURING DESCENT. NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF SMOKE. ACFT TOOK ON SOME WATER AT DEPARTURE RAMP THAT MAY HAVE GONE INTO AVIONICS COMPARTMENT. CLEANED AVIONICS AREA OF WATER. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF SMOKE DETECTION SYS, IAW AMM 26-15-00-05. OPS CHECKED NORMAL, ACFT OK FOR SERVICE. F

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