Service difficulty report · Inlet · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
September 30, 2013
Submitted
September 30, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N913DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49956
Aircraft time
51,134 hours, 40,681 cycles
Part
Inlet
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT, FLIGHT CREW DETECTED A BURNING ODOR. NO SMOKE NOTED. ODOR DISSAPATED AFTER FIVE MINUTES. FOUND RESIDUAL HYD FLUID NEAR THE APU INLET WITH NO LEAKS FOUND. THE APU INLET WAS CLEANED AND THE DUCT BURNOUT WAS COMPLETED IAW WC 4950-2215. THE COALESCER BAGS WERE ALSO REPLACED. EXCESS PARKER LUBE NOTED ON THE WATER SEPARATOR PACKINGS. THE WATER SEPARATORS WERE ALSO CLEANED WITH NO FURTHER ODOR NOTED AFTER MX WAS PERFORMED. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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