Service difficulty report · Acm · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
October 10, 2002
Submitted
October 16, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N190AN
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53190
Aircraft time
14,806 hours, 13,624 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
20495054
Part serial
512217
Condition
Damaged
Location
Air Conditioning
Part time
8,571 hours, 6,890 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF IT WAS FELT SMOKE SMELL FROM AIR CONDITIONING TUBES. AIRCRAFT RETURNED BACK TO BOGOTA. FLIGHT PERFORMED ON EI-CCC. AIRCRAFT WAS LEFT ON GROUND FOR WORKING ON IT AT NIGHT. THE RIGHT PACK AIR CYCLE MACHINE WAS FOUND BINDING. THE AIRCYCLE MACHINE WAS REPLACED IAW AMM. ALSO WERE REPLACED WET SEPARATORS IAW AMM. TEST SATISFACTORY IAW AMM.

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