Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
January 16, 2013
Submitted
January 16, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N652FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
735
Aircraft time
27,127 hours, 14,335 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Contaminated
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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What was found

DEPARTING, PASSING THROUGH 2000 FT, RECEIVED RED ECAM AND ASSOCIATED OVERHEAD INDICATION FOR MAIN DECK CARGO SMOKE AFT. ACCOMPANIED BY SMOKE IN COCKPIT. AFTER LANDING, OPENED COCKPIT DOOR TO SEE FORWARD COMPARTMENT FILLED WITH SMOKE. ACFT WAS DEICED FOR 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. "SMOKE" HAD AN ODOR OF DEICE FLUID. PERFORMED CARGO COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTION TEST. REF AMM 26-16-00-05-01. NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. ALSO PERFORMED MAIN DECK CARGO COMPARTMENT SMOKE DETECTOR TEST, REF AMM 26-19-00-05. NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. INSPECTED BOTH COALESCER BAGS AND FOUND BOTH TO BE TO BE EXTREMELY SOILED. R & R BOTH COALESCER BAGS REF AMM 21-51-16-03. NO LEAKS NOTED AT THIS TIME.

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