Service difficulty report · Adapter · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 7, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
59,378 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Adapter
Part number
311652701
Condition
Restricted
Location
Inter Compressor
Part time
48,660 hours
Stage of operation
DE
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

(CAN) ON DESCENT, FLIGHT CREW NOTICED A STRONG BURNING PLASTIC ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND FLIGHT CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASK. SOME ELECTRICAL SYS AND ENGINE BLEEDS WERE TURNED OFF. AFTER FEW MINUTES THE ODOR DISSIPATED. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE TEAM, DISPATCHED TO THE OUTSTATION, DETERMINED THAT THE CONTAMINATION SOURCE ORIGINATED FROM THE NR 1 BLEED SYS. THE ACFT WAS FERRIED TO A MAINTENANCE BASE WITH THE NR1 BLEED SYS SELECTED OFF. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED PRESENCE OF GLYCOL CONTAMINATION TRACES AT THE INTER COMPRESSOR CASE, ICC, PLENUM, A PARTICLE WAS ALSO FOUND AT THE ICC DRAIN. THE DRAIN WAS CLEANED, ENGINE RAN, ENVIRONMENTAL SYS TESTED AND TEST FLIGHT SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED BEFORE RETURNING THE ACFT INTO SERVICE.