Service difficulty report · Unknown · Doug MD1010F

Difficulty date
June 15, 2016
Submitted
June 16, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N566FE
Make and model
Doug MD1010F
Aircraft serial
46989
Aircraft time
84,520 hours, 31,333 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Odor
Stage of operation
DE
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

FUME EVENT ON DESCENT PASSING FLIGHT LEVEL 200 WITH ALL PACKS AND BLEEDS ON. ODOR OF MUSTY DIRTY SOCKS. RAN APU. OPERATED PACKS 1, 2, 3 SEPARATELY, THEN OPERATED PACKS TOGETHER ON HOT AND COLD SETTING. TT OF RUNNING PACKS WAS 1 HR. OPEN ALL PACKS BAYS TRY TO ISOLATE ANY SMELLS FROM PACKS. NO HELP, NEEDS MORE TROUBLESHOOTING. REF WRI 21-54-3002 TSI, COMPLIED WITH TSI STEPS 1-4 AS REQUIRED, AFTER COMPLETING TSI STEPS, RAN APU AGAIN WITH PACKS, COULD NOT GET FOUL ODOR FROM PACKS AND VENTS. ALSO RAN ENGINES INDIVIDUALLY, COULD NOT GET FOUL ODOR FROM AIR VENTS AT THIS TIME. ACFT IS OK TO CONTINUE.

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