Service difficulty report · Pack · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 10, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N945DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49818
Part
Pack
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Right
Component
20495061
Stage of operation
CR
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

ON T/O, THE SMOKE DETECTORS IN THE AFT LAVS SOUNDED THEN QUIT AFTER POWER REDUCTION. AT CRUISE FLIGHT THE FLIGHT ATTN REPORTED AN ODOR FROM THE AIRCOND SYS AT THAT TIME THE ODOR BECAME NOTICEABLE IN THE COCKPIT AND A HAZE WAS NOTICED IN THE CABIN. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO CHA. CONTRACT MTC VERIFIED THE OIL LEVEL IN THE ACMS AND FOUND THE RT PACK WAS PRODUCING THE SMOKE. DEACTIVATED THE PACK PER MEL 21-00-01A.

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