Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 8, 2015
Submitted
June 11, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49997
Aircraft time
55,451 hours, 43,404 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Cabin Air
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

F/A REPORTED SMOKE BUILDING IN THE AFT CABIN ON FINAL APPROACH ACCOMPANIED BY THE AFT RT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR IN ALARM. VISIBLE SMOKE WAS OBSERVED INSIDE LAVATORY SO THE F/A DISCHARGED THE PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER INTO THE AFT LAVATORY AND SECURED THE DOOR. MAINTENANCE FOUND A GASPER DUCT BEHIND THE AFT LAVATORY MIRROR DISCONNECTED AND EMITTING MIST. THE DUCT WAS SECURED AND A PNEUMATIC SYS BURN-OUT WAS PERFORMED. NO FURTHER VISIBLE SMOKE AND NO ODORS NOTED SO THE ACFT HAS RETUNED TO SERVICE.

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