Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
July 12, 2013
Submitted
July 15, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N416UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
479
Aircraft time
65,109 hours, 24,424 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fwd Lavatory
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR SECURITY SEAL MISSING AND THE DETECTOR HAS BEEN PARTIALLY OPENED. MOUNTING FOR DETECTOR IS CRACKED, BUT DETECTOR IS SECURE. DETECTOR INOP. SMOKE DETECTOR IS SECURED IN PLACE. NEED HSG ASSY AND NEW DETECTOR. REPLACED LAV "A" SMOKE DETECTOR ASSY, OPS CK GOOD.

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