A-02-030
NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation
Recommendation text
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Until all existing aircraft have been retrofitted with ionization-type smoke detectors that are technical standard order (TSO)-compliant, require that the operating manuals of all transport-category aircraft, including the Airbus Industrie A300, that are equipped with ionization-type smoke detectors (including lavatory smoke detectors) that are not TSO-compliant state that overpressure conditions may lead to false alarms from those detectors.
In plain language (FlightFinder summary)
The Federal Aviation Administration is directed to require, until all existing transport-category aircraft are retrofitted with TSO-compliant ionization-type smoke detectors, that the operating manuals of aircraft equipped with non-compliant detectors (including the Airbus A300 and lavatory detectors) state that overpressure conditions may cause false alarms.
This plain-language summary is written by FlightFinder to explain the recommendation above. It is not the official wording — the verbatim NTSB text is quoted above.
Details
| Status | Closed - Unacceptable Action |
|---|---|
| Mode | Aviation |
| Closed | Mar 9, 2010 |
| NTSB number | MIA01FA029 |
| Addressees | FAA |
External links
NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).