Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
December 24, 2015
Submitted
December 24, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N723FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
543
Aircraft time
43,316 hours, 26,072 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CGDU220000
Condition
Faulty
Location
E&E Bay
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT CRUISE ALTITUDE ECAM INDICATION OF AVIONICS SMOKE. OPERATING THE SNIFFER FAN IAW QRH YIELDED NO SMOKE INDICATIONS. THE ECAM ALERT EXTINGUISHED AFTER 3 MINUTES. THE SITUATION REOCCURRED UPON LANDING. REPLACED AVIONICS SMOKE DETECTORS 11WA & 13WA.

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