Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
October 21, 2020
Submitted
November 19, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N723FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
543
Aircraft time
48,256 hours, 29,265 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CGDU220000
Part serial
10234
Condition
False Activation
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
11,317 hours, 6,525 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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

AVIONICS SMOKE LIGHT CAME ON DURING APPROACH TO KABE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LANDED WITH NO VISIBLE SMOKE APPARENT. INSPECTED AVIONICS BAY AND NO SMOKE OR FUMES NOTED. DID NOTE HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE LOWER CARGO/AVIONICS BAY AREAS. DEPARTURE STATION, IND, HAD PRECIPITATION REPORTED EARLIER, BUT NO NOTED RAIN INGRESSION NOTED IN AVIONICS BAY ON ARRIVAL IN ABE. REMOVED PLUG CONNECTOR FROM 13WA SMOKE DETECTOR AND AVIONICS SMOKE ALERT WAS REMOVED, CONNECTED PLUG BACK AND FAULT REAPPEARED. FAULT OF AVOINICS SMOKE WAS INDICATION ONLY DUE TO SUSPECT HIGH HUMIDITY ON A/C. REMOVED AND REPLACED SMOKE DETECTORS 11WA, 12WA AND 13WA, REF A300 AMM 26-15-12-04. ALL OPERATIONS TEST PASS. NO AVIONICS SMOKE WARNINGS PRESENT, ITEM CLOSED.

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