Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
January 10, 2014
Submitted
February 26, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N676FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
790
Aircraft time
22,577 hours, 12,398 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Part number
18084934
Condition
Dirty
Location
Lt & Rt
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

SMOKE APPEARED IN COCKPIT WITH NO ECAM INDICATIONS, DIVERTED. DURING TOUCHDOWN ECAM DISPLAYED AVIONICS SMOKE THEN EXTINGUISHED. FOUND EXCESSIVE DE-ICE FLUID IN MAIN WHEEL WHEEL WHILE ACCESSING AIR CONDITION PACK BAY AND CLEANED. INSPECTED BOTH LT & RT PACK COALESCER BAGS, FOUND BOTH TO BE VERY DIRTY. REPLACED COALESCER BAGS IAW MM 21-51-16. RAN BOTH ENGINES WITH BOTH PACKS OPERATING FOR 35 MINUTES IAW MM 21-51-00-03, NO NOTICABLE FUMES OR ODORS NOTED AT THIS TIME. ACCOMPLISHED AVIONICS SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM IAW MM 26-15-00-05, CHECKED NORMAL.

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