SDR CHQA000536

Service difficulty report · Odor · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
August 21, 2004
Submitted
August 23, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N261SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145144
Aircraft time
13,345 hours, 9,888 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING INITIAL CLIMB, LAV SMOKE WARNING ON EICAS. F/A CONFIRMED THERE WAS SMOKE IN LAV. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH ATL ATC AND AC SAFELY RETURNED TO FIELD. AC WAS FERRIED WITH BLEEDS OFF. MAINT FOLLOWED FIM FOR OIL ODOR, CAN NOT DUPLICATE SMELL, PULLED NOSE CONES OFF AND FOUND NO LEAKS AND BOROSCOPED INTAKES AND IGV'S AND FOUND NO FAULTS. CUSTOMER SERVICE MANIFOLD WAS PULLED AND NO ODOR WAS NOTED. AC WAS FLOWN ON TEST FLIGHT, FOUND SLIGHT ODOR TO BE EVIDENT. MAINT ISOLATED INDIVIDUAL BLEED SYS IN HIGH AND LOW POWER CLIMBS AND DIVES WITH NO LAV SMOKE INDICATION. MAINT PERFORMED ALL FIM TASKS AND COULD NOT FIND ANY DEFECTS. AC WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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