Service difficulty report · Acm · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
October 12, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
57,374 hours, 68,932 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Acm
Part number
78279016
Part serial
880435
Condition
Inoperative
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER ENGINE START, BOTH BLEEDS WERE SELECTED ON AND THE CABIN AND FLIGHT DECK FILLED WITH A SMOKE HAZE. ENGINES WERE SHUTDOWN AND A RAPID DEPLANEMENT WAS CARRIED OUT. AFTER MX T/S WAS CARRIED OUT THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE AND THE HEAT EXCHANGER WERE REPLACED. THERE HAS BEEN NO REOCCURRENCE. AIR CYCLE MACHINE, PN 782790-16, SN 880435, TSR 5040, CSR 5504.