Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
February 2, 2019
Submitted
February 5, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N662FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
761
Aircraft time
30,762 hours, 17,024 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CGDU220000
Part serial
322
Condition
Contaminated
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
30,763 hours, 17,024 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
C, N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PDIS 662 26-12 0509 02FEB19 LAX FACT U LOGPAGES:3056277 ON DEPARTURE, DURING CLIMB THROUGH 14000 FT, RECIEVE A INTERMITTENT AVIONICS SMOKE LIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY A CHIME AND ECAM WARNING. LIGHT THEN WENT STEADY ON. ACCOMPLISHED INITIAL ECAM STEP OF SNIFFER FAN CHECK. NO SMOKE SMELL WAS DETECTED. BUT AS PER ECAM & QRH PROCEDURE, DECIDED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE. LIGHT WENT OUT ON RTB. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. NO OTHER INDACATIONS AFTER LANDING. REMOVED SMOKE DETECTOR 13WA, FOUND MOISTURE IN IT. REPLACED IAW MM 26-15-12-04

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