Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622

Difficulty date
December 22, 2017
Submitted
December 26, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N719FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622
Aircraft serial
388
Aircraft time
51,605 hours, 31,024 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
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

AVIONICS SMOKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ECAM SHOWED AVIONICS SMOKE PROCEDURE. NO SMOKE OBSERVED. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. AVIONICS SMOKE LIGHT HAD EXTINGUISHED ON TAXI IN, PREFORMED ADJ/TEST AVIONICS COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM IAW MM 26-15-00-05. NO DISCRFEPANCIES NOTED. PREFORMED GVI OF AVIONICS COMPARTMENT, NO WATER FOUND, SUSPECT SMOKE DETECTOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE SMOKE DETECTOR 13WA IAW MM 26-15-12-04. OK FOR SERVICE.

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