Service difficulty report · A/C Pack · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
November 19, 2007
Submitted
November 26, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N514UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24839
Aircraft time
56,933 hours, 21,452 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
50,376 hours, 16,999 cycles
Part
A/C Pack
Condition
Odor
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ACRID ODOR FROM AIR CONDITIONING SYS ON DEPARTURE. CREW ISOLATED LT PACK OFF AND ODOR DISSIPATED. CREW STATED IT SMELLED LIKE HYD FLUID. LT PACK INOP. ENGINE HISTORY SHOWS THAT ENGINE WAS REMOVED DUE TO OIL PUDDLE AT NR 3 BEARING AREA, ACCOMPLISHED BORESCOPE OF THE ENGINE NR 1, LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE OF OIL IN THE NR 3 BEARING COMPARTMENT. NO OIL FOUND BUT STREAKING PRESENT COMING FROM HOLES ON HUB & ON IGV'S AND HPC BLADES. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE.