Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
October 11, 2020
Submitted
October 13, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N749FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
536
Aircraft time
60,181 hours, 28,301 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CGDU200000
Part serial
MULTIPLE
Condition
False Activation
Location
Aft Main Deck
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

PDIS 749 26-12 3604 10OCT20 MEM FACT U. PASSING FL 200 ON CLIMB OUT, GOT MAIN DECK AFT SMOKE WARNING. WARNING STOPPED AFTER A FEW MINUTES. RETURNED TO MEM, NO EXTERIOR INDICATIONS ON GROUND FROM RESCUE ON SEAN. SHGN 10OCT20 23:39 MEM U. UPON INSPECTION, NO BITE DISPLAY MFA ON MX PANEL FOR MCD SMOKE DETECTION. LOOP A TESTS GOOD IN ALL AFT POSITIONS. COULD NOT GET LOOP B TO TEST IN POSITIONS AFT 1 AND AFT 2. PERFORMED TEST ON MCD AFT SMOKE DETECTION CONTROLLER, NO FAULTS NOTED. REQUIRES FURTHER T/S. FACT 11OCT20 08:32 MEM U. REMOVED AND REPLACED MCD AFT SMOKE DETECTORS 13WU THROUGH 20WU, REF AMM 26-19-13-04-09. REMOVED AND REPLACED 4 SMOKE DETECTOR INTAKE FILTERS FOR 13WU TO 20WU, REF AMM 26-19-13-04-09. ALL OPERATIONS CHECK GOOD. NO DEFECTS NOTED, REF WRI`S 26-12 3605 THROUGH 26-12 3614 FOR PARTS CHANGE INFO. A/C OK FOR SERVICE AT THIS TIME. FACT 11OCT20 08:32 MEM. REMOVED AND REPLACED MCD AFT SMOKE DETECTORS 13WU THROUGH 20WU, REF AMM 26-19-13-04-09. REMOVED AND REPLACED 4 SMOKE DETECTOR INTAKE FILTERS FOR 13WU TO 20WU, REF AMM 26-19-13-04-09. ALL OPERATIONS CHECK GOOD. NO DEFECTS NOTED, REF WRI'S 26-12 3605 THROUGH 26-12 3614 FOR PARTS CHANGE INFO.

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