Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
August 12, 2001
Submitted
September 10, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N969AS
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53063
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Dirty
Location
A/C Bay
Stage of operation
CL
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

ZIH - DURING CLIMB AT 10K FEET ALTITUDE, BURNING RUBBER/ELECTRICAL FIRE SMELL WAS DETECTED IN VICINITY OF ROW 15. REMOVED OVERHEAD PANELS AT ROWS 13-17 AND INSPECTED LIGHTS, BALLASTS, AND EMERGENCY BATTERIES. REPLACED LEFT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM COALESCER BAG. RAN ENGINE AND LEFT AC PACK FOR 45 MINUTES. COULD NOT DUPLICATE ODOR. RELEASED AIRCRAFT FOR SERVICE. (M)

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