SDR 9718019921

Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bags · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
September 22, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N943N
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47647
Part
Coalescer Bags
Condition
Dirty
Location
Lt/Rt
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER TAKEOFF, CABIN TEMPERATURE BECAME VERY HOT AND UNCONTROLLABLE. AIRCRAFT FILLED WITH SMOKE WHICH SMELLED LIKE OIL. AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED. BOTH PACKS WERE TURNED OFF AND SMOKE DISSIPATED. FLIGHT WAS RETURNED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE RAN BOTH PACKS WITH APU OPERATING AND ENGINES AT TAKEOFF POWER. NO SMOKE OR OIL SMELL WAS PRESENT. REPLACED RIGHT AND LEFT WATER SEPARATOR BAGS. ALSO, REPLACED RIGHT AND LEFT PACK TEMPERATURE CONTROL VALVES AND CONTROL BOXES AS A PRECAUTION.

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