Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Boeing 777*

Difficulty date
November 22, 2014
Submitted
November 26, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N918AX
Make and model
Boeing 777*
Aircraft serial
26935
Aircraft time
55,132 hours, 9,662 cycles
Part
Cooling Fan
Part number
4100941
Part serial
0137
Condition
Dragging
Stage of operation
CR
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 CRUISE FL410, NOTICED FUMES IN COCKPIT. FUMES CLEARED WITH LT PACK IN OPERATION. HIGH HEAT NOTICED FROM OVERHEAD PANEL ABOVE FLOOD LIGHT. HOT AIR EXHAUSTING FROM OVERHEAD PANEL. ONCE ON GROUND FUMES CLEARED AND HEAT FROM OVERHEAD WAS REDUCED. WINDOW HEATS WERE SELECTED OFF AS SOON FUMES WERE NOTICED. EXIT LIGHTS ALSO SELECTED OFF TO REMOVED A POTENTIAL SOURCE. FUMES WERE STRONGEST ON FLIGHT DECK. MECHANIC ALSO REPORTED FUMES SMELL AT AFT SIDE OF E & E. FOUND NR 1 EQUIPMENT COOLING FAN WITH DRAGGING BEARINGS. R & R IAW MM 21-27, FOUND LT DUCT CLAMP & BOOT LOOSE AT MIX MANIFOLD NEAR LOWER RECIRCULATING FANS, TIGHTNED IAW MM 21-20, INITIATED SEVERAL MAT TESTS FOR CHAPTER 21 SYS, RECIRCULATING EQUIPMENT COOLING, TRIM AIR VALVES, ZONE TEMPS ALL SERVICABLE, RAN BOTH ENGINES AT IDLE POWER FOR 15 MIN IAW MM 71-00, ALL ENVIRONMENTAL SYS RAN NORMAL WITH NO DUPLICATION OF HEAT OR FUMES.