Service difficulty report · Fan · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
April 20, 2008
Submitted
April 24, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N977RP
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145185
Aircraft time
20,039 hours, 15,568 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
6,948 hours, 6,880 cycles
Part
Fan
Part number
4611028900
Part serial
601
Condition
Faulty
Location
Recirculation
Part time
20,044 hours, 15,575 cycles
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

FLIGHT 7795, IAD TO YYZ - AFTER TAKEOFF, UPON GEAR RETRACTION, FLT CREW NOTICED A SLIGHT HAZE IN COCKPIT. FLT CREW PERFORMED CHECKLISTS AND RECIRCULATION FAN TURNED OFF, AFTER WHICH THE SMOKE DISAPPEARED. FLT ATTENDANT VERIFIED SLIGHT HAZE IN CABIN AS WELL. ACFT RETURNED TO IAD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED ACFT PER MM 21-20-00-810-810A, AND OPERATED BOTH 1 AND 2 BLEED SYSTEMS AND FOUND NO SMOKE OR ABNORMAL ODORS. MX UNABLE TO DUPLICATE FAULT. NEXT DAY, HAZE RETURNED DURING A PREFLT RUN-UP AND ACFT FERRIED TO CMH FOR FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING. ACFT TROUBLESHOT AND FAULT TRACED DOWN TO RT RECIRCULATION FAN. AFTER REPLACING RECIRCULATION FAN ACFT RUN AT HIGH POWER AND BLEEDS RUN AS WELL AS THE RECIRCULATION FANS AND ODOR COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

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