Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
December 25, 2016
Submitted
December 28, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N653FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
736
Aircraft time
31,521 hours, 16,630 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CG7G0
Condition
Dirty
Location
Main Deck Cargo
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

CARGO FIRE LOOP FAULT DURING TAXI OUT. COMPLIED WITH QRH. SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHUTDOWN ACFT. RAN EVACUATION CHECKLIST. FIRE DEPARTMENT DETECTED NO HOTSPOTS WITH IR. NO ODOR IN COURIER COMPARTMENT. ENGINE RESTART FOR RETURN TO RAMP. THEN RECEIVED A MID 1 LOOP A FAULT. NO SMOKE LIGHT ASSOCIATED. RETURNED TO RAMP. REMOVED AND INSPECTED THE SMOKE DETECTORS. NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE OR CONTAMINATION. INSPECTED AIR TUBES FOR SECURITY AND GOOD AIRFLOW. INSPECTED AIR INLET FILTERS. NO OILY FILM FOUND ON ANY OF THE FILTERS OR LINES. FOUND DEBRIS FROM DUST AND LINT ON FILTERS. CLEANED DEBRIS FROM THE FILTERS IAW AMM 26-19-13-06. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF MAIN DECK CARGO SMOKE DETECTION SYS IAW AMM 26-19-00-5.

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