Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
September 26, 2015
Submitted
September 29, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N528FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48623
Aircraft time
566 hours, 11,166 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Dirty
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING NR 1 ENG START, ODOR OF BURNT OIL FILLED THE COCKPIT. STRONG ODOR LASTED APPROX 90 SECONDS. ON DESCENT FOR LANDING, WHEN POWER REDUCED ODOR OF DIRTY SOCK OR MOLDY CHEESE BECAME STRONG IN COCKPIT. IAW MOCC COMPLIED WITH MTSI 21-50 1351. INSPECTED APU BLEED DUCT FOR EVIDENCE OF OIL CONTAMINATION, NO EVIDENCE FOUND. IAW AMM 36-16-02 PERFORMED MD 11 ODOR AIR CONDITIONING PACK & DISTRIBUTION DUCT CLEANING TASK IAW AMM 21-53-00. R & R COALESCE BAGS AS PART OF THE ABOVE PROCEDURE IAW AMM 21-54-05. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL DURING ENG RUNS.

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