Service difficulty report · Acm · Bombdr BD1001A10

Difficulty date
January 31, 2021
Submitted
February 3, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N545XJ
Make and model
Bombdr BD1001A10
Aircraft serial
20278
Aircraft time
12,669 hours, 5,646 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
3471A020000
Part serial
403
Condition
Seized
Location
Ecs
Part time
12,669 hours, 5,646 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

WHILE CLIMBING OUT AND APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AGL, A PASSENGER REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN TO THE FLIGHT CREW. FLIGHT CREW CONFIRMED WHAT TO BE SMOKE. AN-IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE CREW RETURNED TO THE AIRFIELD. FIRE CREWS WERE REQUESTED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. MAINTENANCE WAS CONTRACTED TO INSPECT AND REPAIR THE AIRCRAFT. TECHNICIANS DETERMINED THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE (ACM) HAD SEIZED. A REPAIRED ACM WAS INSTALLED, OPERATIONALLY CHECKED SATISFACTORILY AND THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO SERVICE.