Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date
October 29, 2002
Submitted
October 30, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N178AW
Make and model
Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial
22645
Aircraft time
61,963 hours, 49,452 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Part number
1808494
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
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

FLT 0221 - EN ROUTE FROM PHX TO AUS PASSENGER AT SEAT ROW 18 COMPLAINED OF NOXIOUS ODOR THAT CAUSED EYES TO IRRITATE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT ALSO SMELLED NOXIOUS ODOR FROM REAR OF CABIN TO SEAT ROW 6, ODOR EVEN CIRCULATED INTO THE FLIGHT DECK AREA, DIVERTED TO SAT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINTENANCE TRIED TO DUPLICATE ODOR BY RUNNING BOTH PACKS WITH APU, AND THEN WITH BOTH ENGINES, NO ODORS WERE NOTED. INSPECTED BOTH PACK BAYS, THE OVERHEAD DUCTS, THE ENGINE AND APU, AND THE CARGO COMPARTMENT AREA, NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. FOUND COALESCER BAGS EXTREMELY CONTAMINATED, REPLACED BOTH COALESCER BAGS.