Service difficulty report · A/C Pack · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 24, 2011
Submitted
April 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N584FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48436
Aircraft time
64,614 hours, 13,453 cycles
Part
A/C Pack
Condition
Dirty
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE, SMELLED AN ODOR FROM AN UNKNOWN ORIGIN. THERE WAS A HAZE IN COCKPIT AND A STRONG ODOR. AFTER LANDING, ODOR SEEMED TO BE PRIMARILY IN COCKPIT, NOT GALLEY AREA. AFTER ACFT RELEASED BY NTSB FOR T/S, RAN ALL 3 PACKS USING APU. ASCP IN MANUAL, TRIM AIR OFF, ECON OFF & ALL ZONE TEMPS FULL HOT. AFTER 10 MIN, WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE PDIS FOR A SHORT TIME. HAZE FROM ACFT VENTS IN COCKPIT & MAIN DECK. AS PRECAUTION, CHECKED WIRING & EQUIPMENT RACKS IN COCKPIT & FWD E & E COMPARTMENT, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PREFORMED AC PACKS/ODOR & DIST DUCTS CLEAN OUT PROCEDURE. DURING COALESCER BAG R & R NOTED NR 3 PACK DIRTIER THAN NR 1 OR NR 2. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED. RAN ALL 3 ENGS & APU ALL 3 PACKS ON. NO HAZE OR ODOR NOTED. ALL PACK OPS NORMAL. REF MM 21-53-00-7. ACFT OK FOR SERV. FINAL CLOSED.

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