Service difficulty report · Heat Exchanger · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
November 21, 2009
Submitted
November 30, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N258JQ
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145768
Aircraft time
15,606 hours, 13,468 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
18,429 hours, 15,777 cycles
Part
Heat Exchanger
Part number
8166302
Part serial
9911026
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 2 Pack
Part time
16,739 hours, 15,848 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

DURING CLIMB, CREW REPORTED A LAVATORY SMOKE WARNING AND A MILD ODOR WITH NO VISIBLE SMOKE. ACFT RETURNED TO FIELD & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX TROUBLESHOT FAULT TO THE NR 2 BLEED SYSTEM. BOTH PRECOOLERS HAD BEEN CHANGED THE NIGHT BEFORE FOR SCHEDULED MX & NR 2 PRECOOLER REPLACED AGAIN. FAULT RETURNED THE NEXT DAY & WAS TROUBLESHOT TO THE NR 2 PACK. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT-HAND PACK DUCT OVERTEMP SENSOR SHEARED OFF. THE OVERTEMP SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE DEFERRAL CLEARED. THE NR 2 PACK WAS AGAIN WRITTEN UP FOR ODOR AND WAS DEFERRED. THE NR 2 PACK IS CURRENTLY ON MEL AND THE FINAL CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE SUBMITTED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THIS REPORT. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE DEFERRAL ON PACK NR 2, MAINTENANCE FOUND FOD IN THE DUAL HEAT EXCHANGER FOR PACK NR 2 TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. THE DUAL HEAT EXCHANGER WAS REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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