Service difficulty report · Fan · Boeing 767323

Difficulty date
December 12, 2018
Submitted
December 20, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N381AN
Make and model
Boeing 767323
Aircraft serial
25450
Aircraft time
101,052 hours, 16,279 cycles
Part
Fan
Part number
FAN5015
Part serial
124557
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: SHORT TERM ACRID LIKE ODOR IN COCKPIT AND CABIN, DISSIPATED RAPIDLY. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NOTICED SAME ODOR UPON GATE ARRIVAL. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND LAVATORY WASTE FLUID DRIPPING INTO LEFT HAND RECIRCULATION AIR FILTER AND LEFT HAND RECIRCULATION FAN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RECIRCULATION FAN BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATION FROM LEAK, REPLACED PER MM 21-25-01 AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK.