Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Boeing 727200

Difficulty date
March 10, 2004
Submitted
March 12, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N481FE
Make and model
Boeing 727200
Aircraft serial
21463
Aircraft time
40,335 hours, 25,588 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cabin Air
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

AT FL310, 1 HOUR AFTER LEVEL-OFF, THE ENTIRE CREW AND JUMPSEATER NOTICED AN OBVIOUS ODOR OF SMOKE. ACCOMPLISHED EMERGENCY DESCENT AND LANDING. NO FURTHER SMOKE DETECTED AFTER LANDING, NORMAL SHUTDOWN. FAINT SMELL AGAIN NOTED, SEEMED TO BE FROM C/B PANELS IN LEFT REAR OF COCKPIT. FIRE CREW ALSO NOTICED A FAINT ODOR. NO CARGO OR APU OR FIRE SMOKE OR FIRE WARNING WENT OFF. ODOR WAS STRONGEST BEHIND AND RIGHT OF F/O BEHIND ENGINEERS PANEL. RAN APU WITH BOTH PACKS, RAN ENGINES WITH BOTH PACK PER JRH CHAPTERS 5 & 7. SMELLED MORE LIKE DEICING FLUID, CHANGED OUT COALESCER BAG PER REF 21-55 -051-4, ODOR HAS DISSIPATED, OK FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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