Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
April 29, 2000
Submitted
May 7, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N2812W
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Aircraft serial
20868
Aircraft time
77,515 hours, 52,643 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Dirty
Location
Acm Bay
Component
Coalescer
Stage of operation
DE
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

DESCENT TO 21000 FT, MAIN DUCT TEMP ROSE TO 120 DEGREES. GOT TEMP BACK TO 80 DEGREES. F/A NOTIFIED CREW SMOKE IN CABIN. BY THE TIME ACFT WAS ON THE GROUND SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED. REPLACED COALESCER BAGS, RAN ENGINES. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE.