Service difficulty report · Water Separator · Doug MD9030

Difficulty date
January 9, 2011
Submitted
January 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N917DN
Make and model
Doug MD9030
Aircraft serial
53552
Aircraft time
16,429 hours, 7,566 cycles
Part
Water Separator
Condition
Frozen
Location
Lt Pack
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH THE CABIN CREW REPORTED THAT THE CABIN WAS FILLING WITH SMOKE AND PASSENGERS WERE COMPLAINING OF THE SMELL. LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS DID NOT GO OFF. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE ACFT ARRIVED AT THE GATE WITH NORMAL OPERATIONS AND NO SMOKE PRESENT IN CABIN. MX FOUND LT WATER SEPARATOR SOCK FROZEN SOLID. ALSO, FOUND LT 35 DEGREE VALVE NOT OPENING. VALVE WAS DEFERRED. R & R BOTH SOCKS IAW MM. RAN BOTH ENGINES AT POWER AND VERIFIED NO SMOKE OR ODOR FROM PACKS. LEAK CHECK GOOD.

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