Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
January 6, 2015
Submitted
January 7, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N744FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
664
Aircraft time
64,128 hours, 20,472 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Part number
1879421
Condition
Odor
Location
Cabin Air
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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What was found

FOLLOWING TWO HOURS DE-ICE, ACFT FILLED WITH SMOKE WHEN APPLYING APU BLEED AIR. AFT CARGO SMOKE WARNING ACTIVATED. R & R BOTH WATER SEPARATOR BAGS IAW AMM 21- 51- 16-03. RAN APU & BLEED TO BURN OUT PACKS IAW AMM 21-51-00-03. AFTER BURNOUT OF PACK OF 2 HRS NO SMOKE PRESENT. RAN BOTH ENGS IAW JRH 5 & O SMOKE WARNINGS.

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