Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
June 28, 2018
Submitted
June 29, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N655FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
742
Aircraft time
33,850 hours, 17,939 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Smoke Detector
Stage of operation
TX
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

INTERMITTENT AFT CARGO SMOKE DETECTION LIGHT WARNING. LOOP A AFT, LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. ONE TIME AND BOTH LOOPS ONE TIME. NR 1 ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AT THE TIME. IAW 26-1600-05 CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR TEST PASSED. DUE TO THE INTERMITTENT FAULT. REMOVED AND REPLACED CARGO SMOKE DETECTOR CONTROL UNIT 50WU3 IAW 26-16-12-04-0.

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