Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Airbus A300B4605R

Difficulty date
October 15, 2003
Submitted
October 16, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N655FE
Make and model
Airbus A300B4605R
Aircraft serial
742
Aircraft time
14,097 hours, 7,034 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680
Part
Cooling Fan
Part number
CG7G011
Part serial
658
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

ON BLOCKOUT BETWEEN STARTING NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINES SMOKE STARTED COMING IN TO THE COCKPIT FROM THE EQUIPMENT BAY. PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION OF AVIONICS COMPARTMENT, CHECKED ALL BOXES FOR EVIDENCE OF ODOR, REMOVED RELAY PANEL COVERS LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE AND LOOKED AT ALL VISABLE WIRING IN AVIONICS COMPARTMENT WITH NO VISIBLE DEFECTS NOTED. FOUND COOLING FAN FILTER VERY DIRTY/BLOCKED AND SMELLED OF SMOKE. REPLACED COOLING FAN FILTER IAW MM 21-21-16-4. ORDERED AVIOINCS COOLING FAN AND SMOKE DETECTORS AS PRECAUTIONARY. REMOVED AND REPLACED AVIONICS COOLING FAN REF MM 21-21-11-4 OPS.

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