Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
August 4, 2000
Submitted
August 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N905DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53410
Aircraft time
23,497 hours, 18,646 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Acm Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT V1 SPEED BOTH LT AND RT AIR CONDITIONING TEMP HIGH LIGHTS ILLUMINATE ON OAP. ON RETURN TO FIELD LIGHTS WENT OUT AND RE-ILLUMINATED ON DOWNWIND LEG. SMOKE AND FUMES WERE SMELLED IN CABIN AND COCKPIT. REPLACED WATER SEPARATOR BAGS. PERFORMED LT AND RT AUGMENTATION VALVES CHECK PER MD88 PREFLIGHT HANDBOOK. RAN BOTH ENG AT T/O PWR FOR 4 MIN. NO SMOKE PRESENT.

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