SDR DLM88010568

Service difficulty report · Line · Doug MD88

Difficulty date: April 6, 2001
Submitted: April 17, 2001
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N909DL
Make and model: Doug MD88
Aircraft serial: 49540
Aircraft time: 37,173 hours, 31,371 cycles
System (JASC): 3610 · Pneumatic Distribution System
Part: Line
Condition: Cracked
Location: Nlg Ww
Stage of operation: CL
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: 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

UPON ROTATION, NOTICED UNUSUAL SMELL, AS WE CLIMBED THROUGH 4000 FEET. SMELL RESEMBLED BURNING AND BECAME STRONGER. ON DESCENT, SMELL BECAME INTERMITTENT, MOST NOTABLE IN MID / AFT CABIN. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT COMPLAINED OF SLIGHT STINGING TONOSE AND MOUTH. FOUND HYDRAULIC LINE TO BRAKE BOOSTER VALVE CRACKED. REPLACED SAME

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