Service difficulty report · Smoke Detector · Airbus A321211

Difficulty date
August 15, 2012
Submitted
August 20, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N181UW
Make and model
Airbus A321211
Aircraft serial
1531
Aircraft time
39,621 hours, 14,220 cycles
Part
Smoke Detector
Condition
False Activation
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ECAM MESSAGE FOR LAV SMOKE WHICH DISAPPEARED WITHIN 5 SECONDS. FLIGHT ATTENDANT ALSO REPORTED ALARM FROM AFT RIGHT LAV. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS EXPLANATION FOR ALARM, NO DEFECTS NOTED AND NO REPEAT EVENTS TO DATE.

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