JASC 2121
Service difficulty reports · 4,380
Reports filed under 2121 · Air Distribution Fan, newest first.
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '2121' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR SCNA99113Fan · shortedDURING LEVEL OFF OUT OF DFW NOTICED A STONG ODOR OF SMOKE PREVALENT THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT. SMOKE ODOR STRONG BUT BARELY VISIBLE. EMERGENCY DESCENT MADE AND ALL EMERGENCY CHECK LISTS COMPLIED WITH. FOUND GASPER FAN SHORTED. REPLACED GASPER FAN IAW MM 2123SDR 9903376641Fan · failedDURING CRUISE, ELECTRICAL FUMES CIRCULATED IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO ANC AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED GASPER FAN, OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.SDR DL72W991856Fan · failedON DESCENT INTO PHL, FLT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN. POM PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BUT WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE SOURCE. FLT ATTENDANTS LATER REPORTED, SUSPECTED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. TROUBLESHOT PACK SYSTEM AND ALL NORMAL. FOUND GASPER FAN POPPING C/B ASDR UF6A990811Fan · failedORD - FLT 5763 - NR 1 RECIRC FAN INOPERATIVE WITH A STRONG BURNING ODOR NOTICED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 RECIRCULATION FAN. (M)SDR PLGA990810Fan · failedBOS - FLT 6447 - DURING TAXI OUT, CREW NOTED INTERMITTENT ODOR. SIMILAR TO BLEED OR FAN BURNING ODOR. F/A REPORTED SCRATCHING NOISE NEAR WING ROOT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE WERE MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE RT RECIRC FAN ASSY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (SDR CA990817036Motor · failed(CAN) ARCING OF BRUSHES AND ARMATURE BURNT THROUGH CASING COVER.SDR RU3A99008Blower · failedTHE FLT CREW NOTICED A BURNING ODOR/FUMES AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. NO VISIBLE SMOKE WAS NOTED. DURING THIS TIME THE PANEL TECH NOTICED THAT THE TEMPERATURE IN THE CABIN AVIONICS EQUIPMENT RACK HAD INCREASED TO ABOUT 33 DEGREES CELSIUS. AIRCRAFT MAD UNSCHEDULED LSDR AALA991128Fan · defectiveLIT - FLT 791 - EN ROUTE LGA, DFW SMOKE AND ELECTRICAL SMELL DETECTED. AIRCRAFT AIR INTERRUPTED AND LANDED LIT WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED CABIN AIR RECIRCULATION FAN. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)SDR AWXA9900250Fan · failedNORMAL OPS, SMELL IN CABIN. UNIDENTIFIED ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN FORWARD CABIN. REMOVED AND REPLACED CABIN RECIRCULATION FAN PER MM 21-21-22. RAN ACFT AND SYS CK GOOD.SDR C2XA99IA354Fan Muffler · damagedIAH - FLT 3561 - THE CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN AFTER NR 2 ENGINE START. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND PLACED THE GASPER FAN ON MEL 21-24-1C CONTROL NR 183333, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN ABORTED ITS TAKEOFF WSDR C2XA99IA355Fan · failedIAH - FLT 3314 - THE CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT GROUND COOLING FAN IAW EMB120 MM 21-51-03, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE. (M)SDR AWXA9900234Fan · failedNORMAL OPS, ODOR IN CABIN. DURING DESCENT INTO PHOENIX AT APPROXIMATELY 10-12,000 FEET, FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED FLIGHT DECK OF STRONG BURNING SMELL OVERWING. SMELL IMMEDIATELY ABATED WHEN RECIRCULATION FAN TURNED OFF. PACKS WERE ON HIGH. REMOVED AND REPLSDR 99UAL900355Fan · failedCREW NOTICED ODOR IN THE COCKPIT WITH NUMBER 2 AFT EXHAUST COOLING FAN EICAS MESSAGE. *S/D* CAUSE OF THE SMELL WAS FAILURE OF THE AFT EXHAUST COOLING FAN. THE FAN WAS REPLACED. NO FURTHER REPORTS OF SMELL WERE NOTED.SDR RAIA990638Fan · failedFLT 7116 - STL - LEFT PACK FAULTED ON TAXI WOULD NOT RESET. MANUAL DID NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. DUCT TEMP AT 50 DEGREE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED GROUND COOLING FAN AND TURBINE. (M)SDR COMA9960320Fan · failedSMOKE IN CABIN. REPLACED BROKEN FAN BY PASS CHECK VALVE.SDR USAAF99033Fan · failedPIT - FL 591 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM PIT, CREW NOTED SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND THE GLARESHIELD. FLIGHT RETURNED TO PIT AND LANDED WTIH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT FIND A DEFINITIVE PROBLEM. BLOWER FAN NR 3 WAS NOTED AS HAVING SOME VIBRATION, AND WSDR CA990715036Connector · loose(CAN) AT FL 330 AFTER SELECTION OF AIRFOIL ANTI-ICE TAIL ANTI-ICE WITH ENG ANTI-ICE ON, CABIN ALT CLIMBED TO 10,000 FEET. AIRFOIL ANT-ICE SELECTED OFF AND DESCENT INITIATED. AT 29,000 FEET,CABIN STARTED A 500 FOOT CLIMB RATE. FOUND DUCT CONNECTOR ADRIFT AT SDR VNAA9906009Fan · failedTHE CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE AFTER NUMBER ONE ENGINE WAS STARTED. A RE-CIRC FAN FAIL WARNING MESSAGE WAS ALSO NOTED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND CYCLED POWER ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE DISCREPANCY COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. OSDR CA990728046Bearings · unapproved(CAN) UNAPPROVED BEARINGS.SDR CA990707068Fan · seized(CAN) SMOKE WAS OBSERVED IN COCKPIT AND CABIN AND AT THE SAME TIME THE RT RECIRCULATION FAN LIGHT CAME ON. FAN SEIZED, REPLACED.SDR VNAA9906008Fan · failedDURING ENGINE SHUT DOWN, SMOKE WAS NOTED IN THE COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND DEFERRED THE GROUND COOLING FAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST. LATER ON 17 JUNE 99 THE GROUND COOLING FAN WAS REPLACED AND THE DEFERRAL WAS REMOVED FROM THE AISDR DL76G991367Fan · failedSTRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL AROUND SEATS 35-37 F/G. FOUND AFT EQ EXHAUST FAN 1 EMITTING ELECTRICAL ODOR, REPLACED FAN.SDR DL76L991237Fan · failedLEFT RECIRCULATION FAN KICKED OFF AT TOP OF DESCENT. DID NOT RESET. REPLACED RECIRC FAN.SDR DL76S991231Fan · inoperativeAT CRZ FLT FL390, CREW NOTED AN ELECT ODOR. CREW PERFORMED SMOKE IDENTIFICATION/REMOVAL CHECKLIST. ODOR WAS ELIMINATED, C/B H-21 ON P6-4 PANEL WAS POPPED. FWD EXHAUST EQUIPT FAN. NO OTHER SMELLS NOTED FOR REMAINDER OF FLT. REPLACED FAN.SDR TWAA9907402Fan · failedDURING PRE-FLIGHT, A STRONG ODOR WAS NOTED THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGERS WERE REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY. THE RADIO STANDBY COOLING FAN WAS THE PROBLEM. THE STANDBY COOLING FAN WAS PLACARDED. CHECKS WERE MADE TO ASSURE NORMAL PERFORMANCE. SDR DLM11991162Fan · failedELECTRICAL SMELL IN FORWARD PART OF PLANE, FAIRLY NOTICEABLY. TURNED OFF CABIN BUSS AND SITUATION IMPROVED. ISOLATED SOURCE TO NR 1 RECIRC FAN. REPLACED SAME.SDR CA990614091Fan · overheated(CAN) FORWARD EXHAUST EQUIPMENT COOLING FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED IN-FLIGHT, STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL, SUBSIDED ONE MINUTE AFTER CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. REPLACED FORWARD EXHAUST FAN AND GROUND RUN SERVICEABLE.SDR AALA990743Fan · defectiveDFW - FLT 683 - AFTER TAKEOFF DTW EN ROUTE TO DFW, AN ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS DETECTED IN FAR AFT CABIN. REMOVED GALLEY POWER, OVERHEAD SIDE WALL LIGHTS, AND RECIRCULATING FAN. ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS INDICATED NORMAL. LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED RECISDR 99ZZZX2166Motor · damagedFAN OVERHEATED, SMOKE IN CABIN. THE TOP END BELL BEARING FAILED CAUSING THE ARMATURE TO RUB ON STATOR.SDR DLM88991040Fan · failedELECTRICAL ODOR IN CABIN. DIVERTED TO CHS. REPLACED CABIN RECIRC FAN, ALL CKS NORMAL.SDR 99ZZZX2167Motor · damagedFAN IS INOPERATIVE. SMOKE IN CABIN. MOTOR COVER DENTED CAUSING BRUSH LEADS TO SHORT ON MOTOR COVER. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED INSULATION TAPE INSIDE MOTOR COVER MAY HELP TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IN THE FUTURE.SDR 99UAL900262Fan · failedAIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO DEN DUE TO STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL IN CABIN. *S/D* SMELL WAS CAUSED BY A FAILED RT RECIRCULATION FAN. RT FAN WAS REPLACED AND NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED.SDR DL72E990969Fan · failedSMELL OF SMOKE NOTED IN CABIN PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO GATE, GASPER FAN C/B POPPED. REPLACED GASPER FAN, OPS CKS OK. FAN HAD CAUSED SMOKE IN CABIN.SDR 99UAL900252Fan · failedFLIGHT DIVERTED TO EWR DUE TO THE SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. *S/D* ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE LEFT RECIRCULATION FAN. THE LEFT FAN WAS REPLACED.SDR 9901652702Fan · failedIN CRUISE FLIGHT, CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN. CREW DIVERTED FLIGHT TO SLC WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND GASPER FAN HAD FAILED. REPLACED GASPER FAN, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. (P/N 07-2120-9-0001)SDR USAASB99116Fan · failedRIC - FLT 517 - EN ROUTE FOR CLT-DCA AT FL250, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED THAT A PASSENGER SMELLED SMOKE IN THE FIRST THREE ROWS OF CABIN. CAPTAIN TURNED GALLEY POWER OFF AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WENT BACK AND CONFIRMED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE AIR CONDITIONINGSDR CA990728044Bearings · wrong part(CAN) THIS UNIT WAS SENT TO OUR FACILITY FOR OVERHAUL DUE TO A FAILURE OF BEARINGS AND FAN SEPARATION. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BEARINGS INSTALLED IN THE MOTOR WERE NOT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S TYPE. THE BEARINGS FOUND IN THE MOTOR WERE FAFNIR P/N 202PPCA INSTEADSDR CA990521031Bearings · wrong part(CAN) SPILL VALVE IN FOR OVERHAUL. BEARINGS ON ARMATURE FOUND TO DIFFER FROM ONES LISTED IN IPL. BEARINGS WILL BE REPLACED.SDR CA990521030Bearings · wrong part(CAN) BEARINGS FOUND WITHIN BLOWER ASSY WERE NOT OF THE MANUFACTURER'S TYPE. BEARING WAS SEIZING WHICH, IN TURN, CAUSED ABNORMAL CURRENT DRAW AND BURNING BRUSHES (ARCING). PREVIOUS CERTIFICATION WAS CANADIAN AERO ACCESSORIES.SDR 99UAL900223Fan · failed'FWD EQ EXH FAN' EICAS MESSAGE DISPLAYED. SMOKE ON FLIGHT DECK. CB H21 ON P6 PULLED AS PRECAUTION. SMOKE EVAC PERFORMED AND SMOKE DISSIPATED. *S/D* SMOKE IN FLIGHT DECK WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY A BEARING FAILURE IN FORWARD EQUIPMENT EXHAUST FAN. THIS FAN WASDR 99ZZZX1945Motor · failedON A 135 FLIGHT, PILOT REPORTED ODOR IN CABIN. INITIATED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING UNEVENTFULLY. UPON LANDING, PILOT NOTED HEATER CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED HEATER COMBUSTION AIR MOTOR FROZEN. INSTALLED OVERHAULED MOTOR. HEATER OPERATED NSDR 99UAL900200Fan · failedELECTRIC SMOKE ODOR DETECTED IN COCKPIT. LATER, EQUIPMENT COOLING OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON, AND FWD EQUIPMENT COOLING SUPPLY FAN 1 CB POPPED. SMOKE ODOR DISSIPATED WHEN ALTERNATE FAN WAS SELECTED. *S/D* ELECTRICAL SMOKE ODOR WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY EQUIPMENT SDR SIMA991001Fan · smokedNAS - FLT 5775 - ROUTINE FLIGHT AT FL 150 APPROX 50 NM WEST OF NAS SMOKE WAS NOTICED IN THE MAIN CABIN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DESCENDED TO 5000 FT DIRECT TO NAS. FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR COCKPIT AND ELECTRICAL SMOKE. ONCE TSDR USAAD99053Fan · failedRDU - FLT 1506, AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RDU, THE CREW NOTICED A STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO RDU AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE SMELL HAD DISSIPATED PIRO TO LANDING AT RDU. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CARGO HEAT FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPSDR 99ZZZX2168Motor · damagedFAN IS INOPERATIVE. SAW SPARKS COMING FROM MOTOR VENT. MOTOR COVER DENTED CAUSING BRUSH LEADS TO SHORT ON MOTOR COVER. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED INSULATION TAPE INSIDE MOTOR COVER MAY HELP TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IN THE FUTURE.SDR PLGA990405Fan · failedPWM - FLT 6324 - BOS-PQI - EN ROUTE, THE FLT ATTENDANT NOTED A SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE F/O'S WENT BACK AND CONFIRMED SMOKE SMELL. THE CRWE DIVERTED INTO PORTLAND AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT CREW DID DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THERE WERE 11 SDR DLM88990759Fan · failedCLIMBING THRU 14,000 FT, ELECTRICAL ODOR IN COCKPIT AND FWD CABIN. AIR TURNBACKTO MEM. FOUND RECIRC FAN AT FAULT. REPLACED SAME.SDR ASAA9980072Fan · failedLAX - AIR TURN BACK OF FLIGHT 559, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE/ODOR IN THE REAR OF THE CABIN ON TAKEOFF. FOUND THE AIR CONDITIONING RECIRCULATION FAN CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED. REPLACED THE FAN AND FILTER AND OPERATED NORMALLY. (M)SDR DL72S990594Fan · failedON TOP OF DESCENT, CREW AND PASSENGERS COMPLAINED OF AN ELECTRICAL SMELL IN CABIN WITH NO SIGN OF SMOKE. AFTER A SAFE LANDING AND NORMAL DEPLANING, CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FOUND GASPER FAN CAUSING SMELL. REPLACED FAN.SDR VNAA9903016Fan · failedDURING CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW SMELLED AND NOTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND THE FORWARD RECIRC FAN TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE FORWARD RECIRC
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