Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A330243F

Difficulty date
September 17, 2019
Submitted
September 17, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N332QT
Make and model
Airbus A330243F
Aircraft serial
1428
Aircraft time
23,723 hours, 7,696 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
PMC310101
Part serial
50690
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Zone 200
Part time
20,632 hours, 6,495 cycles
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 "MD SMOKE WARNING" WAS SHOWN ON ECAM 3 TIMES. THE AIRCRAFT RETURN TO GROUND, THE TSM 26-19-00-810-801-A WAS PERFORMED AND THE SMOKE DETECTOR (117WU) LOCATED IN THE MAIN DECK CARGO COMPARTMENT WAS FOUND CONTAMINATED WITH A POWDER THAT WAS SPREADED FROM A CONTAINER BELOW THE (117WU) SMOKE DETECTOR. THE POWDER CONTAINER WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE (117WU)SMOKE DETECTOR P/N PMC3101-01, S/N 50690 WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IN ACCORANCE WITH TSM 26-19-00-810-805-A - AND THE TEST WAS ACCOMPLISHED SUCCESSFULLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMM 26-19-00-710-802-A. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED IN AIRWORTHY CONDITION.

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