Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
December 20, 2017
Submitted
December 22, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N744FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
664
Aircraft time
67,163 hours, 22,491 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
E/E Bay
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING CLIMB, RECEIVED AN INTERMITTANT AVIONICS SMOKE WARNING AND LIGHTS ON ECAM AND OVERHEAD. THIS LASTED A COUPLE OF MINUTES. CONFIMRED NO SMOKE INDICATION WITH QRH. IT HAD BEEN RAINING DEPARTURE BUT NO PUDDLES SEEN DURING PREFLIGHT. FOUND ALL ULDS WET IN ALL CARGO COMPARTMENTS, DRAINS FREE AND NO ACCUMULATION. INSPECTED. E/E AND FOUND NO WATER ON ANY RAIN SHIELD OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. IAW AMM 26-15-00-05-0 TESTED AVIONICS SMOKE DETECTORS SEVERAL TIMES. NO FAULTS NOTED. RELEASED FOR SERVICE.

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