Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
January 13, 2018
Submitted
January 15, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N727FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
579
Aircraft time
45,103 hours, 26,267 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CGDU220000
Part serial
10248
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cockpit
Part time
8,594 hours, 4,848 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER EXTENSIVE DE-ICE AND NORMAL TAKEOFF, IN CLIMB-OUT FROM MEM, RECEIVED REPETITIVE AVIONICS SMOKE ECAM. COMPLIED WITH ECAM/QRH PROCEDURES. USING SNIFFER FAN DID NOT DETECT AND SMOKE/ODORS. RETURNED TO LAND MEM. FOUND MOISTURE IN COCKPIT DUCT SMOKE DET(13WA), REMOVED AND REPLACED SAME. REF AMM 26-15-12-04 ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED WATER SEPARATOR COALESCERS, PRECAUTIONARY. REF AMM 21-51-16-03. RAN PACKS AND ACCOMPLISHED OPERATIONAL TEST OF SMOKE DETECTION SYS, REF AMM 26-15-00-05. OPS CHECKED GOOD, NO FAULTS. A/C OK FOR SERVICE.

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