SDR 0600489918

Service difficulty report · Water Separator · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
March 5, 2006
Submitted
March 8, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N940N
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47572
Aircraft time
81,287 hours, 75,975 cycles
Part
Water Separator
Part number
17946081
Part serial
05170
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Lt A/C Pack
Stage of operation
CL
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 ABOUT 500 FEET FOLLOWING DEPARTURE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE AND FUMES FILLING THE AFT CABIN ACCOMPANIED BY THE AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS IN ALARM. CREW PERFORMED COM PROCEDURES, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND RETURNED TO AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING BACK AT MSP. THE LEFT PACK WAS SECURED AND THE SMOKE STARTED DISSIPATING. THE SMOKE WAS GONE BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE FOUND DE-ICING FLUID IN THE WATER SEPARATORS AND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR FLAME. WATER SEPARATORS WERE REPLACED, PACK BURNOUT ACCOMPLISHED, AND THE AIRCRAFT HAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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