Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
August 3, 2003
Submitted
August 8, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N414FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
400
Aircraft time
26,556 hours, 21,771 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Dirty
Location
A/C Bay
Stage of operation
CR
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

GTF-RNO SMELLED STRONG ODOR IN THE COCKPIT, WORSE AS FLT PROGRESSED. SMELL NOT NOTICEABLE IN CUR OR LAV AREA. NO SMOKE WARN OR ECAM. FACT 03AUG03 07:39 BOI R INSP MDC & CAB & AVIS COMPT NO SMOKE, DETECTED A SLIGHT JET EXHAUST TYPE ODOR IN MDC AREA. REMOVED & INSPECTED COALESCER BAGS FOUND THEM TO HAVE SAME ODOR. REPLACED BOTH BAGS, PERFORMED AIR COOLING SYS CONTAMINATION CK, RAN BOTH ENGS TO PWR & APU NO ODORS. SUSPECT EXTERNAL FUME INGESTION. ALL MAINT IAW A310 TSM 21-20-00 FIG 210 M/M 21-51-16-3, 21-51-00-3.

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