Service difficulty report · Cap · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
July 5, 2017
Submitted
July 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N991DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53343
Aircraft time
66,360 hours, 47,767 cycles
Part
Cap
Condition
Missing
Location
Apu Oil
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, 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

THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED HAZE AND SMOKE IN CABIN DURING CLIMB WITH BOTH AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS SOUNDING. AN AIR TURN BACK TO DEPARTURE WAS ACCOMPLISHED. MAINTENANCE FOUND AN APU OIL LEAK WHICH RESULTED FROM THE CAP BEING LEFT OFF. THE APU WAS REPLACED DUE TO OIL CONTAMINATION. THE LEFT AND RIGHT ACM, LEFT AND RIGHT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HEAT EXCHANGERS, AND THE APU LOAD CONTROL VALVE WERE REPLACED. THE CROSSOVER DUCT AND CROSSFEED VALVES WERE INSPECTED FOR CONTAMINATION AND CLEANED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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