What was found
UNABLE TO TEST SYSTEM UNTIL RESET OF BOTH CHANNELS OF THE SDCU. THEN TESTED OK. AFTER THIS RESET FAULT RETURNED WITHIN 5 MINS. REPLACED SMOKE DETECTOR 1WH IN FWD LDCC, TESTED GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- September 27, 2011
- Submitted
- October 20, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N498UA
- Make and model
- Airbus A320232
- Aircraft serial
- 1865
- Aircraft time
- 30,137 hours, 13,351 cycles
- Engine
- Iae V2527A5
- System (JASC)
- 2611 · Smoke Detection
- Part
- Smoke Detector
- Part number
- PAI280001
- Part serial
- 233
- Condition
- Faulty
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- N
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.