Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 22, 2015
Submitted
October 23, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N944DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49817
Aircraft time
68,737 hours, 51,645 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rudder
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT BOTH AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS WERE SOUNDING AND CONFIRMED THERE WAS SMOKE AND FUMES PRESENT. THE ACFT RETURNED TO MSP. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE APU INLET WAS CONTAMINATED WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID AND THAT THE RUDDER POWER-MAN VALVE WAS LEAKING AT A FITTING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE UNION AND INSTALLED NEW PACKINGS, SUBSEQUENT LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD. THE APU INLET WAS CLEANED, COALESCER BAGS REPLACED, AND A DUCT BURNOUT PERFORMED. NO ODOR NOTED ON DUCT BURNOUT, THE COALESCER BAGS WERE REPLACED AGAIN, AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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