Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
August 16, 2010
Submitted
August 20, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N657AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1083
Aircraft time
40,624 hours, 15,168 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Part number
CG7G0
Part serial
5057
Condition
Defective
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
40,614 hours, 15,166 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

FLT 84 - RTF - DURING INITIAL TAKEOFF AND CLIMB, HAD AVIONICS SMOKE ECAM WARNING. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO PHL. MAINTENANCE FOUND DOOR TO AIR FILTER OPEN. CHANGED FILTER AND SECURED DOOR CLOSED; ALSO REPLACED THE SMOKE DETECTOR FOR PRECAUTIONARY PURPOSES. SMOKE DETECTOR, MPN CG7G0, IS BEING REPLACED ON ATTRITION BY MPN CGDU2000-00.

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