Service difficulty report · Unknown · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
August 8, 2009
Submitted
August 10, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N385FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46619
Aircraft time
75,913 hours, 30,486 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

VISIBLE SMOKE ERUPTED FROM THE CABIN VENTILATION SYSTEM AT FL 340, APPROXIMATELY 1 HR. INTO FLIGHT. THE AIR SYNOPTIC INDICATED HIGHER THAN NORMAL TEMP IN THE COURIER DUCT. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS OTHER THAN THE ODOR AND THE SMOKE INSPECTED AND REPLACED NR 1, 2, AND 3 COALESER BAGS PER MM 21-54-03-2, COALESER BAGS WERE NOT CONTAMINATED(NO OIL RESIDUE). CHECKED APU LOAD CONTROL VALVE FOR CONTAMINANTS PER MM49-00-00-2, NO CONTAMINANTS. PERFORMED PACK BURNOUT PROCEDURE PER TAFI 21-50-00"V". RAN ALL THREE PACKS PER DC10-10 MM 21-53-01-2 REF EA 8-2150-61080.ALSO RAN ALL THREE PACKS TOGETHER AND SEPERATELY WITH EACH ENGINE. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THIS CONDITION AS WRITTEN.

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