Service difficulty report · Fan · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 12, 2012
Submitted
December 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N917DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49573
Aircraft time
64,681 hours, 49,926 cycles
Part
Fan
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Recirculation
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

ON DESCENT FOR LANDING, THE COCKPIT CREW AND THE F/A NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR CIRCULATING IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. THE CAPTAIN COMPLIED WITH THE QRH FOR SMOKE, PULLED THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR THE RECIRCULATION FAN, AND THE ODOR SOON DISSIPATED. MX INSPECTED THE FAN AND ALSO NOTICED AN ODOR. THEN, WHEN AN ATTEMPT TO RUN THE FAN WAS MADE, THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WOULD IMMEDIATELY TRIP. THE RECIRCULATION FAN WAS REPLACED.

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