Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 30, 2017
Submitted
January 31, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N951DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49882
Aircraft time
70,524 hours, 52,212 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Anti-Ice Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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 RETURNED TO ATL DUE TO ODOR AND VISIBLE HAZE IN FIRST CLASS GALLEY AREA. CREW REPORTED WHEN AIRFOIL ANTI-ICE WAS SELECTED ON, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD, FOLLOWED BY RUSHING AIR NOISE WITH ASSOCIATED SMOKE/ODOR. AIRFOIL ANTI-ICE WAS SELECTED OFF AND NOISE CEASED, SMOKE/ODOR ALSO DISSIPATED. MAINTENANCE FOUND STRAKE ANTI-ICE DUCT DISCONNECTED IN E&E COMPARTMENT AFT OF STRAKE IN AREA OF GENERATOR CONTROL RACK. RECONNECTED DUCT AFTER REPLACING PERI-SEAL. REPLACED ANTI-ICE PRSOV PER MCC REQUEST AS A PRECAUTION. ALL FUNCTIONAL & LEAK CHECKS GOOD.

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