Service difficulty report · Unknown · Doug MD1030F

Difficulty date
July 18, 2015
Submitted
July 20, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N304FE
Make and model
Doug MD1030F
Aircraft serial
46992
Aircraft time
825 hours, 26,720 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Smoke
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

AT CRUISE, EXCESSIVE SMOKE FILLED THE COCKPIT. APPEARED TO COME THROUGH THE A/C VENTILATION SYS. COCKPIT TEMP SETTING HAD RECENTLY BEEN ADJUSTED TO A WARMER SETTING. TEMP CONTROL RETURNED TO COLDEST SETTING. SMOKE DISSIPATED DURING EMERGENCY DESCENT. RAN ENGINES IAW JRH INDIVIDUALLY WHILE OPERATING PACKS INDIVIDUALLY & TOGETHER. RAN ENGINES TOGETHER WITH PACKS OPERATING. ALL PACKS OPERATED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR ODOR. INSPECTED ALL 3 PACKS & PACK BAYS. NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTED AVIONICS & CTR ACCESSORY BAYS, NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR DEFECTS. REPLACED BOTH AVIONICS FAN FILTERS & ACCESSORY BAY FAN FILTER. RAN PACKS FOR 2 HRS AT VARIOUS TEMPS & DIFFERENT ISOLATION CONFIGURATIONS, NO DEFECTS,

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