Service difficulty report · Acm · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
March 31, 2006
Submitted
April 5, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N376RP
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145578
Aircraft time
11,270 hours, 8,742 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
8152403
Part serial
200109033
Condition
Frozen
Location
Nr 1
Part time
8,870 hours, 6,370 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

FLIGHT 5305 - IAD-STL - IN CRUISE FLIGHT, GRAY SMOKE EMITTING FROM SIDEWALL VENTS WAS NOTICED SIMULTANEOUSLY BY BOTH PILOTS. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, REQUESTED FOR AND RECEIVED VECTORS TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT, WHICH WAS EVV. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION AND GIVEN INFORMATION TO PREPARE FOR THE EMERGENCY LANDING. FOLLOWED THE -CABIN SMOKE OR FIRE- CHECKLIST. DURING THE LAST FEW MINUTES OF LANDING, SMOKE STOPPED AND WAS NO LONGER DETECTABLE. AT A COMPLETE STOP, NO FURTHER INDICATION OF SMOKE OR FIRE, EITHER FROM INSIDE OR FROM THE EMERGENCY CREWS OUTSIDE. MAINTENANCE FOUND NR 1 PACK ACM FROZEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED PACK NR 1 ACM IAW EMB 140 MM 21-51-03. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD.

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