Service difficulty report · Odor · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
January 24, 2005
Submitted
January 25, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N283SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145424
Aircraft time
10,209 hours, 8,014 cycles
Part
Odor
Condition
Detected
Location
Cabin/Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB A LAV SMOKE MESSAGE APPEARED ON EICAS. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT INVESTIGATED AND FOUND NO INDICATION OF FIRE OR SMOKE IN ANY PART OF THE CABIN OR LAVATORY. EICAS INDICATIONS WERE EXTINGUISHED WITHIN ONE MINUTE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD IN ROC AS A PRECAUTION WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEICED WITH TYPE 1 DEICE FLUID. THE RECOMMENDED THREE MINUTE WAIT FROM DEICING TO BLEED AND PACK OPERATION WAS OBSERVED. ONCE THE BLEEDS AND PACK WERE TURNED ON THE USUAL AMOUNT OF BURNED SUGAR SMELL WAS NOTED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED GROUND RUNS WITH BLEEDS AND PACKS RUNNING. NO SMELL OR SMOKE WAS NOTED. OPS CHECK GOOD.

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