Service difficulty report · Acm · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
August 23, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N477AC
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
48062
Part
Acm
Part number
20495054
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cabin
Part time
26,197 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AN ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS OBSERVED IN FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT HAS HISTORY. THE ODOR WAS STRONGEST IN AFT LAV NEAR CEILING. THERE WAS NO SMOKE OR HEAT PRESENT AND NO ABNORMAL ELECTRICAL LOADS WERE OBSERVED. THE FLIGHT WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RT ACM AT FAULT. THE RT ACM WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO ODOR IN CABIN AFTER ONE HOUR OF PACK OPERATION.

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