Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Airbus A310203

Difficulty date
May 24, 2009
Submitted
May 26, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N429FE
Make and model
Airbus A310203
Aircraft serial
364
Aircraft time
49,186 hours, 21,646 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Dirty
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

FAINT SMELL OF ELECTRICAL FUMES. TRANSIENT THEN DISSIPATED. RAN PACKS WITH APU AIR AND NOTICED SLIGHT INDUSTRIAL KIND OF SMELL. CONTINUING T/S. REMOVED BOTH COALESCER BAGS AND FOUND VERY DIRTY. REPLACED PER MM 21-51-16-3. OPERATED BOTH ENGINES PER JRH (AMT 204852). NO SMELLS NOTICED.

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