<< >> NASA ASRS Report 903452, August 2010

All of an A320's fire extinguisher squib circuit breakers opened shortly after takeoff. The crew returned to land at the destination airport.

Attributes
ACN	903452
Time
Date	201008
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Powerplant Fire Extinguishing
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 30000 Flight Crew Type 700
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

On climb out all fire extinguisher squib circuit breakers opened. Called maintenance and dispatch and we decided to return to our departure airport. Uneventful overweight landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: All of an A320's fire extinguisher squib circuit breakers opened shortly after takeoff. The crew returned to land at the destination airport.

Narrative: On climb out all fire extinguisher squib circuit breakers opened. Called Maintenance and Dispatch and we decided to return to our departure airport. Uneventful overweight landing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.