Service difficulty report · Unknown · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 14, 2015
Submitted
April 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N614FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48528
Aircraft time
724 hours, 17,298 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

EN-ROUTE GOT BURNT OIL ODOR, SEE MX HISTORY. TRIED ISOLATING EACH PACK & THEN EACH BLEED WITH NO CLEAR IMPROVEMENT. ODOR WAIVED IN & OUT. TURNED TRIM AIR OFF & IT APPEARED TO MOSTLY DIMINISH BUT HARD TO TELL IF IT WAS DUE TO TRIM AIR OR JUST SOMEWHAT CYCLIC NATURE OF EVENT. AFTER 20 MIN ODOR RETURNED WITH TRIM AIR OFF. NO RELEVANT ACC OR ESC FAULTS IN CFDS. PERFORMED AIR CONDITIONING ODOR CLEARANCE PROCEDURE IAW MM 21-53-00-7. PACK 1, 2 & 3 COALESCERS RENEWED IAW MM 21-54-05-2. DURING PACK OPERATION USING INDIVIDUAL ENGS & APU CHECKED ALL COCKPIT OUTLETS FOR ODOR, NONE NOTED. ALSO CHECKED FWD AVIONICS COMPARTMENT FOR ODOR, NONE NOTED. ENGS OPERATED IAW JRH. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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