Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
April 16, 2005
Submitted
April 18, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N409FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
273
Aircraft time
34,887 hours, 22,267 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT 300 FT AGL BOTH CAPT AND F/O SMELLED SMOKE OR BURNING. MIN EQUIP BAY SMOKE ON ECAM ILLUMINATED FOR ONLY 10 SECONDS OR LESS THEN DISAPPEARED. THE SMOKE AND SMELL WENT AWAY. RETURNED TO MEM AND ON LANDING THE SMELL RETURNED, BUT NO SMOKE. CLEARED RUNWAY HAD FIRE TRUCKS INSPECT THEN TAXIED IN. NO REOCCURRANCE OF SMOKE. REMOVED MIN EQUIP BAY PANELS AND DID NOT SMELL ANY SMOKE. REPLACED MIN EQUIPMENT BAY DUCT SMOKE DETECTOR REPLACED DUCT CARTRIDGE FILTER. REMOVED AND REPLACED AIR FLOW DETECTOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH NR 1 AND NR 2 APU COALESCER FILTERS. RAN ENGS AT HIGH POWER WITH NO FAULTS NOTED.

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