Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
September 7, 2002
Submitted
September 11, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N584FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48436
Aircraft time
36,174 hours, 6,882 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Dirty
Location
A/C Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER FLAP RETRACTION GOT SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, WENT ON OXYGEN, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO NRT. SMOKE GRADUALLY DISSIPATED OVER ABOUT 15 MIN. OPENED ALL 3 ENGINES AND CHECKED FOR OIL LEAKS IN PNEUMATIC SYSTEM, NO LEAKS FOUND. REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL 3 A/COND WATER SEPARATOR BAGS MM:21-54-01. ALSO CHECKED APU BLEED SYSTEM FOR OIL LEAKS AND NONE FOUND. REMOVED ALL 6 DU`S, NO EVIDENCE FOR OVERHEATING. ALSO CHECKED AVIONICS COMPT FOR POSSIBLE SHORTS AND NONE FOUND. THEN RAN ALL 3 ENGINES WITH ALL BLEEDS ON AND NO ODOR FOUND.

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