Service difficulty report · Acm · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
April 18, 2000
Submitted
April 25, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N35836
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49441
Aircraft time
42,839 hours, 20,237 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
20495055
Part serial
562760
Condition
Leaking
Location
Lt Pack
Part time
32,115 hours, 19,575 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

WHEN THROTTLES WERE BROUGHT UP FOR TAKEOFF (DURING TAKEOFF ROLL) A NOXIOUS FOUL ODOR ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING PACKS. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS BECAME NAUSEOUS. THE FLIGHT CREW DONNED THEIR O2 MASKS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO IAH. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LT ACM LEAKING OIL INTO THE PNEUMATIC DUCTS. THE LT ACM WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 21-51-01. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO LEAKS NOTED. A BURNOUT PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 21-20-02. THE PACKS WERE OPERATED WITH ENGINES RUNNING AT TAKEOFF POWER AND NO FOUL ODOR WAS NOTED. AN EVALUATION FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AND NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS OR ODORS WERE OBSERVED.

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