SDR 0501719763

Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
December 11, 2005
Submitted
December 14, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N763NW
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
47396
Aircraft time
79,704 hours, 70,368 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D*
Part
Coalescer Bag
Part number
V1211
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Ac System
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

JUST BEFORE LANDING AN ACRID SMELL WAS NOTICED IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED THE RT AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR WAS SOUNDING. NO VISIBLE SMOKE WAS SEEN AND NO FIRE WAS LOCATED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE APU WAS NOT OPERATING. AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DID NOT FIND A SOURCE FOR THE FUMES BUT REPORTED THE RT SEPARATOR SOCK AS (CONTAMINATED). NO LEAKS OF ANY TYPE (FLUID OR AIR) COULD BE FOUND. COMPLIED WITH BURNOUT PROCEDURES, REPLACED THE RT COALESCER BAG, AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.

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