Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
December 5, 2017
Submitted
December 5, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N724FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
530
Aircraft time
36,656 hours, 18,807 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Activated
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

REPEAT WRITE UP - NO RAIN, NO ANTI ICING DONE, NOTHING BUT CLEAR WX PRECEEDING THIS EVENT. ON TAXI OUT NEARLY 2 TO 3 MINUTES AFTER ENG START WE RECEIVED A MIN EQUIP SMOKE WARNING STEADY FOR APPROX 30 SECONDS. NO SMOKE WAS DETECTED IN THE F/O'S SNIFFER. APU WAS DEFERRED AND NOT USED FOR ENG START. SUSPECT OIL CONTAMINATION INTO AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS. REF TSM 26-15-00 FIG 102, BOTH WATER SEPARATOR COALESCER BAGS R&R IAW AMM 21-51-16-03. NEED TO CARRY OUT AIR CONDITIONING DUCT CLEANING PROCEDURE REF AMM 21-51-00-03 USING ENGINE AIR. AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS CLEANING PROCEDURE PER MM 21-51-00-03, ENGINE RUN PERFORMED BY CREW, NO MORE SMOKE NOR ALERT.

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