Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Airbus A310324

Difficulty date
November 24, 2009
Submitted
November 24, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N815FD
Make and model
Airbus A310324
Aircraft serial
638
Aircraft time
31,194 hours, 9,767 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Dirty
Location
Cockpit Air
Stage of operation
CL
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

OIL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT AFTER DEPARTURE THAT DID NOT SUBSIDE. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. R & R NR 1 & 2 WATER SEPARATOR COALESCER BAGS AS PRECAUTION TO REMOVE ANY RESIDUE THAT MIGHT CAUSE ODOR IN COCKPIT IAW AMM 21-51-16-3. AFTER REPLACEMENT, PERFORMED AN AIR COOLING SYS SERVICING. CLEANED AIR CON DUCTS IAW AMM 21-51-00-3, PERFORMED BOTH APU & ENG BLEED AIR SYS CLEANING IAW AMM 21-51-00-3. RAN APU IAW JRH, & PERFORMED ENGINE RUN IAW JRH CH 6. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE. APU INLET & COMPT INSP, NO OIL FOUND.

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