SDR CAL950240

Service difficulty report · Fan · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
March 28, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N16761
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
21119
Part
Fan
Part number
5007024620
Condition
Contaminated
Location
A/C Bay
Part time
24,380 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A, H

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

What was found

OKC - FLT 0121 - SMOKE APPEARED IN THE CABIN WHILE EN ROUTE FROM IAH TO DEN. THE SMOKE CEASED AFTER THE AIR DISTRIBUTION FAN WAS TURNED OFF AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE PULLED. THE SMOKE RE-APPEARED ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER. THE SOURCE OF SMOKE COULD NOT BE ISOLATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO OKC WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE AIR DISTRIBUTION FAN INLET CONTAMINATED. THE CONTAMINANT WAS REMOVED FROM THE INLET. THE FAN WAS RUN FOR 45 MINUTES AND NO SMOKE WAS OBSERVED. (X)