Service difficulty report · Acm · Emb EMB145EP

Difficulty date
December 27, 2011
Submitted
January 4, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14925
Make and model
Emb EMB145EP
Aircraft serial
145004
Aircraft time
28,688 hours, 27,481 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
8152403
Part serial
200010149
Condition
Smoke
Location
Nr 2
Part time
21,746 hours, 19,758 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE CREW REPORTED THAT AFTER STARTING THE NR 2 ENGINE WITH THE NR1 PACK ON THERE WAS DARK SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND FORWARD CABIN WITH A NOTED SULPHUR SMELL. THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE NR1 PACK WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DEFERRED UNDER AN MEL AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. MX PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING AND THE CONDITION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, HOWEVER A REPORT OF BURNING OIL SMELL WAS REPORTED THAT SAME DAY. MX REPLACED THE NR1 ACM, PERFORMED SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECKS AND CLEARED THE DISCREPANCY.

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