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 96UAL900982Fan · failedCREW REPORTS, SMOKE SMELL IN AIRCRAFT WITH LEFT PACK RUNNING. *S/D* REPLACED FROZEN LT PACK COOLING FAN.SDR GRAA9685Fan · failedFLT CREW REPORTED RECIRCULATION FAN CIRCUIT BREAKERS 'POPPED' IN FLIGHT. CREW RETURNED TO RENO WITHOUT INCIDENT. RENO MAINTENANCE DEFERRED RECIRCULATION FAN PER MEL 21-43-DMI NR 39. PULLED AND COLLARD C/B'S. CANNON PLUG DISCONNECTED AND STOWED. AIRCRAFT RSDR AWXA9600770Coolng Fan · failedECAM MESSAGE VENT EXTRACT FAULT, ELECTRIC SMELL PRESENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED AVIONIC EXTRACT FAN PER MM 21-26-51. TEST OK.SDR TWAA9615902Gasper Fan · failedLAX - FLT 849 - DURING CRUISE, GASPER FAN BECAME NOISY AND STARTED EMITTING BURNING ODOR INTO CABIN. TURNED OFF GASPER FAN. FOUND GASPER FAN HAD OVERHEATED. REPLACED GASPER FAN, MFG P/N 6054577. GASPER FAN OPERATION THEN CHECKED NORMAL. (M)SDR 96UAL900955Fan · failedRETURNED TO BLOCKS BECAUSE OF STRANGE SMELL IN THE CABIN. *S/D* THE SMELL WAS ISOLATED TO THE NR 1 RECIRCULATION FAN. REPLACED FAN. THE SHOP FOUND NO FAULT WITH THE FAN, NO REOCCURANCE.SDR 97ZZZX448Fan Motor · failedBAD ELECTRICAL SMELL FROM COPILOT'S INST PANEL. FOUND RADIO COOLING FAN MOTOR BAD. REMOVED AND REPLACED COOLING FAN MOTOR AND CIRCUIT BREAKER. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR 96UAL900947Fan · oil leakSTRONG ACRID ODOR NOTED IN COCKPIT AND AFT CABIN DURING CLIMB. *S/D* MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU COOLING FAN LEAKING OIL. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU. SHOP COULD NOT DUPLICATE COOLING FAN LEAK. APU OPERATED NORMALLY WITH NO EXTERNAL LEAKS. SUSPECT GLYCOL INGESDR 9626552709Gasper Fan · failedDURING TAKEOFF ROTATION, A STRONG SMELL OF ELECTRICAL FUMES WAS EVIDENT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED GASPER FAN MOTOR, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK.SDR GLBA96231Vent Blower · overheatedFLO - WHITE SMOKE FILLED COCKPIT AND CABIN. TURNED OFF ENVIRONMENTAL VALVES. MAINTENANCE FOUND AFT VENT BLOWER INOPERATIVE. RAN AIRCRAFT WITH BLEEDS OPEN AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE AT THIS TIME. MEL'D BLOWERS AND LATER REPLACED AFT VENT BLOWER. (M)SDR CA961220004Fan · broken blade(CAN) SMOKE DETECTED IN CABIN, EMERGENCY DECLARED, AIR PACK REGULATOR FAULT ON UPPER ECAM. ON ARRIVAL WHITE SMOKE NOTED ON OPENING PACK DOOR. MAINTENANCE ACTION INVOLVED CHANGING #2 BYPASS VALVE. ACM FOUND SEIZED AND TURBINE THREW BLADE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SDR AALA961751Exhaust Fan · defectiveSJU - FLT T0672 - EN ROUTE STT/MIA DURING CRUISE, CABIN CREW REPORTED ELECTRICAL FUME SMELL IN CABIN. SMOKE DETECTORS IN FORWARD, MID, AND AFT CABIN LAVATORIES SOUNDED. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO SJU AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REPLACED NR 1 AFT EQUIPMENSDR CA961128009Motor · leaking(CAN) A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMOKE IS OBSERVED IN THE CABIN AND FLIGHT DECK WHEN THE #2 BLEED IS SWITCHED ON AFTER ENGINE START. SMOKE CLEARS AND NO ODOUR REMAINS. WATER FOUND IN THE ACM OIL SYSTEM AND OIL IN THE DUCT DOWNSTREAM OF THE ACM. ACM REPLACED.SDR AALA961726Fan · defectiveMIA - FLT 2142 - EN ROUTE CCS/MIA - DURING CRUISE, FUMES NOTED COMING FROM COCKPIT INSTRUMENT PANEL. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO MIA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED NR 1 EQUIPMENT SUPPLY FAN AND FILTER. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)SDR 96ZZZX5741Silencer · rupturedWHILE PERFORMING FINAL ENGINE RUNS AND AIRFRAME SYSTEMS CHECK OUT FOLLOWING INITIAL 300/600 HOUR INSPECTIONS, BOTH ENGINE BLEED AIR SOURCES WERE TURNED ON TO CHECK AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. CABIN AND COCKPIT WERE SHOWERED WITH FIBERGLASS FROM AIR DUCTS. FOUNDSDR 9623406302Fan · failedDURING CRUISE, SMOKE ACCUMULATED IN THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO NRT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED THE LOWER RECIRCULATION FAN, OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.SDR SIMA962981Fan · failedFLT 3677 - FLIGHT DIVERTED TO BGS WITH SMELL AND VISIBLE SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AT DFW, TROUBLESHOOTING AND INSPECTION, INCLUDING GROUND RUNS, COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM, HOWEVER UPON TAXI TOSDR 9622303235Fan · seizedDURING APPROACH AT 7,000 FEET, CREW NOTED A BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT FOLLOWED FIVE MINUTES LATER BY A VENT EXTRACT FAULT. FOLLOWED COCKPIT OPERATING MANUAL PROCEDURES, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE AVIONICS COOLING SDR UPS96521383Cooling Fan · defectiveINSPECTION TYPE-N/A, STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL FROM UNDER FORWARD PANEL BOTH SIDES AFTER 1HR 30M FLT TIME. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. FOUND NR 1 FD EQUIP COOLING SUPPLY FAN BAD. DEFERRED PER MEL 21-58-04.SDR DL76S962342Cooling Fan · failedELECTRICAL WIRING SMELL NOTICED IN COCKPIT AT 1,000 FT AGL ON APPROACH. SMELL INCREASED THROUGH LANDING. REPLACED EXHAUST RACK COOLING FAN FOR POPPING C/B, EQUIP COOLING NOW CHKS OK.SDR SWAA961113Fan · failedON DEPARTURE, CREW NOTED STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR. GASPER FAN C/B TRIPPED, SMELL DISAPPEARED. CONTINUED PER CREW DEFERRAL MEL 21-25. REMOVED AND REPLACED DEFECTIVE GASPER FAN PER BOEING M/M.SDR 96ZZZX5466Bearing · failedAVIONIC COOLING FAN BEARING FAILED AFTER 1,571.22 HRS OF OPERATION. INNER BALL RACE DISTORTED AND BALLS MISSING. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN DUE TO FAN FAILURE.SDR 97ZZZX811Bearing · failedFAN BEARING FAILED. BEARING INNER RACE IS BLUE FROM HEAT. BEARING WILL NOT TURN. BEARING TT SINCE INSTALLATION 2127 HRS. FAN IS FOR AVIONIC COOLING AND CARGO HEAT. BEARING INSTALLED NEW.SDR 96FDEA01576Gasper Fan · failedCREW HAD AIR RETURN DUE SMOKE IN COCKPIT, ODOR POSSIBLY OIL/HYD CMA SMOKE AND FUMES. T/S A/C SYSTEM FOUND CONDENSOR/WATER SEPARATOR BAGS BLACK COLOR WITH BAD SMELL. GASPER FAN HAD OIL ON BLADES WITH BAD SMELL. REMOVED AND REPLACED CONDENSOR/WATER SEPARATORSDR SWAA961083Fans · smokingEN ROUTE, NOTED AN ELECTRICAL SMELL AND HAZE IN CABIN. TURNED OFF GASPER AND RECIRCULATING FANS, SMELL AND HAZE DISAPPEARED. INSPECTED AND RAN RECIRCULATING AND GASPER FANS ON GROUND, NO SMELL OR SMOKE NOTED.SDR EISA96194Gasper Fan · inoperativeWHEN GASPER FAN WAS TURNED ON, A SMOKEY SMELL ENTERED THE COCKPIT. PLACARDED GASPER FAN PER MEL 21-24. REMOVED AND REPLACED GASPER FAN, OPS TEST OK. (M)SDR HEEA968202Blower · failedBLOWER WILL NOT RUN.SDR SWAA961075Acm · failedAFTER PUSHBACK FROM GATE, EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN CABIN. RETURNED TO GATE. INSPECTED, REPLACED RIGHT AIR CYCLE MACHINE AND AIR CONDITION RELAY MODULE PER BOEING M/M.SDR 96ZZZX5590Blower · failedTHE CABIN BLOWER ASSY WAS INSTALLED AND CHECKED FOR OPERATION. LESS THAN AN HOUR INTO THE NEXT FLIGHT, THE BLOWER FAILED. WHEN THE BLOWER WAS EXAMINED, THE ELECTRICAL LEADS COULD BE FELT CONTACTING THE ARMATURE WHEN THE BLOWER WAS TURNED. THE ASSY WAS NOT DSDR CA961113003Fan · seized(CAN) ON FINAL APPROACH CABIN CREW REPORTED STRONG SMELL OF SMOKE IN AFT PASSENGERS CABIN. GASPER FAN CB PULLED. FAN REPLACED.SDR USAABB96039Fan · odorORF - FLT 205 - EN ROUTE CLT-BOS, CAPTAIN REPORTED STRONG SMELL OF SMOKE IN CABIN. THE MID LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO ORF AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE AIRCRAFT OVER, INCLUDING RUNNING BOTH PACKS FROSDR HEEA968011Blower · inoperativeBLOWER INOPERATIVE.SDR HEEA968001Blower · inopBLOWER INOPERATIVE.SDR CALA9601325Air Dist Fan · inoperativeA STRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS SMELLED IN THE COCKPIT AFTER TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S REPORTED SMOKE IN THE AFT/MID CABIN. THE AIR DISTRIBUTION FAN WAS TURNED OFF AND THE SMOKE APPEARED TO DISSIPATE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO IAD WHERE IT LANDED WITHSDR DL757962166Fan · failedELECT SMELL AT MID GALLEY AREA AND SEAT ROW 20 TO 26. FOUND COOLING FAN BEARING FAILED.SDR CALA9601321Fan · inoperativeTHE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED ODOR AND SMOKE IN CABIN DURING CRUISE. THE LT PACK WAS SECURED, THEN THE FORWARD LAV SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED. THE RECIRCULATION FAN WAS TURNED OFF AND THE LEFT PACK WAS RESTORED TO OPERATION. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHSDR DL767962148Fan · shortedSTRONG ELECTRICAL ODOR IN AIRCRAFT ON TAXI-OUT. FWD EXHAUST EQUIPMENT COOLING FAN POPPED C/B. FWD TO MCO AND PLAC PER MEL 21-58-04A, NEEDS FAN DAL 211002542.SDR AALA961375Fan · defectiveDFW - FLT 942 - EN ROUTE MAI/DFW DURING CRUISE, SLIGHT SULPHUR ODOR NOTED FROM GASPER. ACCOMPLISHED ABNORMAL PROCEDURE. WHEN BUS TIE BREAKERS TO GASPER TRIPPED, ODOR DISSIPATED. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO MIA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED GASPER FAN. SSDR DL72W962103Gasper Fan · failedSTRONG BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT REPLACED GASPER FAN. OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD.SDR IXXA96157Fan · failedAFTER TAKEOFF, AN ACRID ELECTRICAL SMELL ACCOMPANIED WITH SMOKE WAS DETECTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW. THE RECIRCULATION FANS WERE TURNED OFF AND THE SMOKE AND SMELL DISIPATED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED BOTH FANS AND FOUND THE RIGHT FAN APPEARED TO BE OVERHEATED AND ASDR C2XA96CL031Blower · failedFLT 3013 - CREW REPORTED A STRONG SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN, GREY SMOKE WAS ALSO VISIBLY OBSERVED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FORWARD VENT BLOWER IAW B1900D MM 21-10-01. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD, AIRCRAFT RESDR CALA0961268Air Dist Fan · inoperativeTHE ODOR OF SMOKE WAS OBSERVED IN THE CABIN AFTER TAKEOFF, BUT THE ODOR QUICKLY WENT AWAY. THE ODOR RETURNED AFTER LEVELING OFF AT CRUISE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO GSO WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE AIR DISTRIBUTION FAN CIRCUIT SDR 96FDEA01439Gasper Fan · failedGASPER FAN INOPERATIVE. CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED OUT 3 TO 4 SECONDS AFTER TURNING GASPER FAN ON, BAD SMELL CAME OUT OF THE GASPER SOCKETS. REMOVED AND REPLACED GASPER FAN PER B727 MAINTENANCE MANUAL 21-23-11, OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.SDR ASOA96036Cooling Fan · inoperativeDURING TAXI-OUT ATL-AVL, EXPERIENCED RIGHT PACK FAILURE CAUSING SMOKE IN THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE AND DEBOARDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT GROUND COOLING FAN. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESDR 96ZZZX4631End Bell · wornFAN END BELL BEARING BORE WORN OVERSIZE AFTER 545.5 HOURS OF OPERATION.SDR DL76L961960Fan · failedAFTER TAKEOFF 1.5 HOURS INTO FLIGHT, SMELLED ELECTRICAL FUMES IN COCKPIT ACCOMPANIED BY FWD EQUIPMENT EXHAUST FAN STATUS MESSAGE ON EICAS. CALLED FLIGHT CONTROL AND MTC COORDINATOR TO DISCUSS SITUATION AND DECIDED TO PULL P-22 CB. FUMES DISSIPATED AND FLIGHTSDR CA960910036Cooling Fan · burning odour(CAN) BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL DETECTED IN FLIGHT DECK. MAINTENANCE CHECK FOUND PROBLEM CAUSED BY AVIONICS FAN MOTOR. THE COOLING FAN WAS REPLACED.SDR 96ZZZM1421Gasper Fan · failedAIRCRAFT ON APPROCH TO CHS AND A STRONG ODOR FILLED THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. SHORTLY AFTER DETECTING ODOR, THE GASPER FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. UPON INSPECTION FOUND FAN HAD FAILED. (M)SDR DL76L961916Gasper Fan · failedOUT OF 15,000 FT, FLT ATTENDANTS REPORTED FUMES IN FIRST CLASS. RETURNED TO JFK. ISOLATED PROBLEM TO GASPER FAN FAILED. DEACTIVATED SAME PER MEL 21-24-01. PACKS AND RECIRC FANS OPS OK.SDR 96ZZZM1356Fan · failedBOS - DURING CLIMB, FORWARD EXHAUST COOLING FAN, MFG P/N 732591E, OVERHEATED AND EMITTED SMOKE ELECTRICAL ODOR TO FLIGHT DECK. TURNED OFF COOLING FAN. FOUND COOLING FAN SHAFT BEARINGS WORN. REPLACED FORWARD EXHAUST COOLING FAN AND OPERATION CHECKED NORMAL. SDR WWMA9600063Vent Fan · odorPILOT REPORTED A FUNNY NOISE AND ELECTRICAL SMELL IN THE AVIONICS VENT FAN. MAINTENANCE OPERATED THE FAN FOR 20 MINUTES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE ANY PROPLEMS.
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