Service difficulty report · Carbon Seal · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
July 24, 2011
Submitted
July 26, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N276SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145348
Aircraft time
25,472 hours, 20,518 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
17,316 hours, 17,048 cycles
Part
Carbon Seal
Part number
23077952
Part serial
NOTSERIALIZED
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Component
Engine · Rroyce
Component part number
AE3007A
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. THE CREW ABORTED TAKE-OFF AND REPORTED THAT THEY RECEIVED NO FIRE INDICATIONS AND ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE GOOD. AS SOON AS THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED THE SMOKE BEGAN TO CLEAR. MAINTENANCE ISOLATED THE SMOKE TO THE ENGINE ONE BLEED SYSTEM AND DEFERRED THE BLEED SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE IN KSDF FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. KSDF MAINTENANCE FOUND THE ENGINE ONE NUMBER 4 CARBON SEAL IN THE COMPRESSOR SECTION LEAKING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED ENGINE ONE, OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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