Service difficulty report · Wat Sep Bags · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
October 19, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14062
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
47863
Part
Wat Sep Bags
Part number
20D103
Condition
Dirty
Location
Ac Pack
Stage of operation
AP
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

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED AN ODOR OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE WHILE ON APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT EWR WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND FOUND NO FAULTS. ALL THREE WATER SEPARATOR BAGS WERE FOUND EXTREMELY SOILED. THE WATER SEPARATOR BAGS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE PACKS WERE RUN WITH AND WITHOUT ENGINES OPERATING AT HIGH AND LOW POWER AND NO ODOR WAS PRODUCED. IN ADDITION, LIGHTS AND AUDIO/VIDEO EQUIPMENT WERE ALL CHECKED WITH NO TROUBLE FOUND.

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