Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 8, 2001
Submitted
April 17, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N979DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53266
Aircraft time
28,455 hours, 22,223 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
519164605509
Part serial
EFS14504
Condition
Leaking
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

STRONG SMELL REPORTED BY FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND NOTICED ALL THE WAY IN THE COCKPIT. SMELLED LIKE RUBBER FROM TIRES. THIS OCCURED RIGHT AFTER GEAR RETRACTION AND VERY QUICKLY DISSAPATED. REPLACED LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE. LEAK CHECKS GOOD. PERFORMED OPERATION 5088 DUCT BURNOUT

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