Service difficulty report · Odor · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
January 11, 2005
Submitted
January 17, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N578RP
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
14500865
Aircraft time
649 hours, 506 cycles
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

AFTER TAKEOFF, A LAV SMOKE WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED ON EICAS. A SHORT TIME LATER A ODOR AND HAZE WERE NOTED IN THE COCKPIT. AFTER ACCOMP CABIN FIRE AND SMOKE PROCEDURES, EICAS MESSAGE WENT AWAY ALONG WITH THE ODOR AND HAZE. THE F/A CHECKED THE LAV AND BAG COMPT AND FOUND TO TRACE OF SMOKE OR FIRE. AN EMERG WAS DECLARED, THE PLANE RETURNED TO FIELD W/O INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED THE LAV FOR EVIDENCE OF SMOKE AND NONE WAS FOUND. SET UP THE A/C IN SAME CONFIGURATION AS IT WAS FOR TAKEOFF AND DID MAX POWER RUNS. THE A/C CHECKED OK NO ODORS NOTED. A TEST FLT WAS PERFORMED TO VERIFY NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. NO SMOKE OR ODOR WAS NOTED DURING THE TEST FLT AND THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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