Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 73733A

Difficulty date
September 13, 2000
Submitted
September 21, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509AW
Make and model
Boeing 73733A
Aircraft serial
23636
Aircraft time
42,367 hours, 28,119 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
31040
Part serial
1076
Condition
Odor
Location
E/E Bay Cooling
Part time
31,514 hours, 23,724 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
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

WHILE DESCENDING THRU 14000 ON APPROACH, ACRID SMELL OCCURRED IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. SMELL DISSIPATED WHEN PACKS PLACED IN HIGH. NOTE: WAS SAME SMELL THAT OCCURRED ON LP 7789484. REMOVED AND REPLACED E/E EXHAUST COOLING VALVE, OPS CK NML. MAIN BATTERY WAS REPLACED ON LP 7789484 FOR CAUSING SMOKE IN CABIN ON GROUND DUE TO OVERHEATING AND CHARGER REPLACED AS PRECAUTION. BATTERY (P/N 30874-001) (S/N 8802429) TSR 463 HRS.

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