SDR AALA982034

Service difficulty report · Coalescer · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
November 7, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7544A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53026
Part
Coalescer
Part number
21D101
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Acm Bay
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

DFW - FLT 797 - DURING CLIMB-OUT, A HEAVY ODOR ACCOMPANIED BY BLUE COLORED SMOKE WAS OBSERVED IN THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT AIR INTERRUPTED AND RETURNED DFW AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE WATER SEPARATOR BAGS SATURATED WITH DE-ICING FLUID. INSPECTED DUCTS FOR FLUID AND FOUND NO FLUID. REPLACED WATER SEPARATOR BAGS AND RAN APU AND ENGINES AT FULL POWER WITH PACKS ON. PACKS OPERATED NORMALLY AT ALL TEMPERATURE SETTINGS. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION. (M)

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