SDR AALA016001

Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
January 4, 2001
Submitted
January 29, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N879RA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53185
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Dirty
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

LAX - WHEN PACK CONTROL TEMP SELECTOR WAS MOVED TOWARD WARM, CABIN RAPIDLY FILLED WITH SMOKE. MAINTENANCE CHANGED COALESCER BAGS, ACCOMPLISHED PACK BURN OUT, NO SMELL OR SMOKE IN CABIN. SJC- AT GATE SMELLED BURNED DUSTY SMELL WITH ONLY RIGHT PACK RUNNING, SWITCHED TO LEFT PACK AND SLOWLY CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE AND SAME BURNT SMELL. MAINTENANCE FOUND TEMP SWITCHES IN FULL HOT. RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATING RANGE. CHANGED COALEESCER BAGS AND CHANGED THE 130 DEGREES TEMP SENSOR. PERFORMED OPS CHECK, NO LEAKS NOTED, NO SMOKE NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

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