Service difficulty report · Switch · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
November 21, 2016
Submitted
November 21, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N671FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
778
Aircraft time
27,648 hours, 15,014 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Failed
Location
Smoke Detector
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON TAXI ECAM AVIONICS SMOKE WARNING. NO INDICATION OF SMOKE. FOUND AVIONICS SMOKE INDICATOR BULB CONTACTS WORN FLAT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE BULBS AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY ANNUCIATOR LIGHT TEST IAW AMM 33-14-00-05. STARTED TROUBLESHOOTING IAW AMM 26-15-00-05. WHEN PERFORMING PTT AVIONICS SMOKE WARNING LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. TAPPED ON WARNING LIGHT AND WAS ABLE TO GET LIGHT TO COME ON. TAPPED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS ABLE TO GET LIGHT TO GO OUT AND COME ON. ALSO TESTED IN NORMAL CONFIGURATION AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE LIGHT TO COME ON AND GO OFF BY TAPPING ON THE SWITCH. REPLACED THE THE SWITCH. TEST OF AVIONICS COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTION NORMAL IAW MM 26-15-00-05.

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