Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 20, 2017
Submitted
April 21, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N963DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49982
Aircraft time
70,349 hours, 52,551 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Condition
Defective
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON APPROACH ENG ANTI-ICE WAS SELECTED ON, WE THEN NOTICE A HOT OR BURNING SMELL. THE LEFT PACK CONTROL SHOWED FULL COLD, BUT THE PACK WAS CYCLING ON AND OFF. LEFT PACK WAS TURNED OFF SMELL STOPPED. CREW VERBAL REPORTS HOT DUCT SMELL - NO OILY ODOR. TROUBLE SHOT PER AMM TASK 2120-2307 = DID PACK BURNOUT PER TASK 7100-2619. DID NOT DUE STEP 11 REPLACEMENT OF LT & RT WATER SEPARATOR BAGS. FOUND LT PACK UNABLE TO CONTROL TEMP. WORKS GOOD IN MANUAL BUT NOT AUTO, AS PER TSM 21-50 SECTION 2 FOUND TEMP CONTROL VALVE INOP. ORDERED PART. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT PACK TEMP CONTROL VALVE PER MM 21-61. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. COMPLETED BURNOUT PER AMDS 7100-2619. NO SMELL NOTED.

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