Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A300F4622R

Difficulty date
December 20, 2016
Submitted
December 21, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N159UP
Make and model
Airbus A300F4622R
Aircraft serial
0848
Aircraft time
14,365 hours, 8,982 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Inoperative
Location
E/E Bay
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

DURING CLIMB OUT PASSING 3000FT. AVIONICS SMOKE ECAM ANNUCIATED SMOKE NOT CONFIRMED BY SNIFFER FAN. MADE PRECAUTIONARY RETURN TO DEPARTURE, EMERGENCY DECLARED. ON GROUND FOUND NO SMOKE EVIDENT BY ODOR. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING IAW FIM 26-15-00. REMOVED & REPLACED SMOKE SENSOR IAW AMM 26-15-12 . PERFORMED TEST OF SMOKE DETECTION IAW AMM 26-15-001 AND NO DEFECTS FOUND. SYSTEM TESTED OK. ACFT OK TO CONTINUE.

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