Service difficulty report · Acm · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
April 20, 2011
Submitted
April 26, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N782NC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
48107
Aircraft time
70,894 hours, 65,633 cycles
Part
Acm
Condition
Overserviced
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. LAV SMOKE DETECTORS SOUNDED AND LT AIR COND SUPPLY TEMP HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. QRH WAS COMPLIED WITH AND THE LT PACK WAS SHUTDOWN. MX RAN BOTH ENGINES AT TAKEOFF POWER AND CRUISE POWER FOR 5 MINUTES EA WITH NO FAULTS AND NO SMOKE. INSPECTED THE APU INLET AND NO CONTAMINATION FOUND. REPLACED THE LT AUG VALVE AND THE PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE. FOUND BOTH ACMS OVERSERVICED AND CORRECTED. THE VALVES, ACMS, AND AIR COND SYS CHECK AND PURGE COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS.

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