Service difficulty report · Unknown · Doug MD1030F

Difficulty date
March 2, 2016
Submitted
March 2, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N307FE
Make and model
Doug MD1030F
Aircraft serial
48291
Aircraft time
69,634 hours, 22,953 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
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

HAD THE ODOR OF FUEL IN THE COCKPIT DURING PREFLIGHT WITH AP & PACKS RUNNING. THE ODOR WENT AWAY, AND TOOK OFF. PASSING ABOUT FL 230, THE ODOR CAME BACK WITH NO ASSOCIATED INDICATIONS, IT WENT AWAY. THEN PASSING FL 270 THE ODOR CAME BACK BUT STRONGER. CREW WENT ON O2 MASKS & RAN THE CHECKLIST & ODOR WAS CHECKED ABOUT 10,000 ON DESCENT & ODOR WAS GONE AGAIN. DIVERTED BACK, NO INCREASE OF OIL QTY WAS OBSERVED. R & R PACKS 1, 2 & 3 COALESCER BAGS IAW MM 21-54-03-2. RAN ALL 3 ENGINES AT PART POWER, WITH 1 PACK AT A TIME & THEN ALL 3 PACKS FOR APPROX 25 MIN, NO ODORS NOTED AT THIS TIME IAW MM 21-53-00-7.

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